Kissidougou weather in December

In December, Kissidougou sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kissidougou's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kissidougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:53 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
39%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Kissidougou is city in southern Guinea, capital of Kissidougou Prefecture.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kissidougou reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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How December really feels in Kissidougou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 4 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
4
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kissidougou weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°91.911.54.6
Feb34° / 21°142.511.73.5
Mar34° / 23°639.711.93.0
Apr32° / 23°11116.512.23.1
May30° / 22°20523.812.43.1
Jun29° / 21°24626.612.53.2
Jul28° / 21°26527.312.53.6
Aug27° / 21°28527.512.33.7
Sep28° / 21°32327.812.13.2
Oct30° / 21°30627.711.83.1
Nov30° / 20°9210.811.64.6
Dec32° / 19°81.711.55.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
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46535
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76733
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kissidougou gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 28% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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21211194810
3131220469
4151320448
5171321418
6181422397
7201522376
8211523356
9231623335
10251723314
11261723304
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13291823263
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Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:456:15
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511.56:476:16
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kissidougou

In seasonPeak

None of Kissidougou's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kissidougou's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kissidougou sees seasonal dust haze (February–April), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Kissidougou?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Kissidougou for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kissidougou in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Kissidougou sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kissidougou in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kissidougou peaks around August 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 23UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kissidougou in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kissidougou is worst in March — around 200 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 23.5× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 13192 µg/m³Aug 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan100Unhealthy
Feb158Very unhealthy
Mar200Very unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May23Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kissidougou?

Kissidougou sits at 9.2°N, 10.1°W, 530 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Yende Millimou, 34 km away.

DouakoGueckedouFoya KamaraVoinjamaMacentaKoidu

Topography around Kissidougou

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kissidougou.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kissidougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 521 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,129 m.

The land around Kissidougou is covered by grassland (39%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
281 m
80 km
1,129 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Yende Millimou 34 km · Albadéria 41 km · Douako 62 km · Gueckedou 69 km · Foya Kamara 92 km · Voinjama 93 km · Macenta 99 km · Koidu 113 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kissidougou (9.1848°, -10.0999°, elevation 530 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).