Kolenté weather in December

In December, Kolenté sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kolenté's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolenté's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:04 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kolenté reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Kolenté

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
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.

Kolenté weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°30.711.54.2
Feb35° / 20°20.611.73.1
Mar36° / 22°102.411.92.4
Apr36° / 23°396.512.22.4
May33° / 23°18019.812.52.7
Jun30° / 22°34127.912.62.9
Jul28° / 22°48029.812.53.2
Aug27° / 22°53830.512.33.3
Sep29° / 22°4562912.13.0
Oct30° / 22°26527.711.82.9
Nov32° / 21°619.911.54.2
Dec33° / 19°4111.44.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26832
36832
46832
56832
66832
76832
86931
96931
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147030
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207327
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317624

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kolenté gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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29
38
47
57
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95
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 27% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
149175218
2410195116
3511205014
4512224812
5614244610
661525459
771627437
881728416
991830394
10101931373
11112031353
12122132332
13132233312
14142333291
15152333271
16172433251
17182433231
18202533221
19212532201
20232631191
21262630171
22282629161
23302628141
24332627131
25352626121
26382625111
27402524101
2842252391
2944252281
3046252181
3148242071

Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
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265calm
275calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 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 6:56 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:566:23
211.46:576:23
311.46:576:23
411.46:586:24
511.46:586:24
611.46:596:24
711.46:596:25
811.47:006:25
911.47:006:25
1011.47:016:26
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1411.47:036:27
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2011.47:066:30
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2611.47:096:33
2711.47:096:33
2811.47:096:34
2911.47:106:34
3011.47:106:35
3111.47:116:35

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kolenté

In seasonPeak

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

Kolenté's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kolenté sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is December a good time to visit Kolenté?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kolenté in December

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

In December, Kolenté sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kolenté in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kolenté peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highMar 15UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kolenté 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 Kolenté is worst in April — around 223 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 14.2× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 16204 µg/m³Aug 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr223Very unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun29Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kolenté?

Kolenté sits at 10.3°N, 12.4°W, 457 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Mamou, 39 km away.

KindiaPitaTéliméléLabéForécariahCoyahManéah

Topography around Kolenté

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolenté has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 438 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 980 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,379 m.

The land around Kolenté is covered by grassland (53%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
980 m
80 km
1,379 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Mamou 39 km · Kindia 53 km · Pita 86 km · Télimélé 94 km · Labé 116 km · Forécariah 119 km · Coyah 122 km · Manéah 124 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 Kolenté (10.2858°, -12.437°, elevation 457 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).