Dikodougou weather in December

In December, Dikodougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 5 mm of rain across 0.9 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 Dikodougou's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dikodougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:35 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
32%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Dikodougou is commune in the North of Côte d'Ivoire.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Dikodougou 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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Dikodougou

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.

Dikodougou 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°91.511.54.2
Feb35° / 21°183.211.73.0
Mar35° / 23°579.811.92.3
Apr34° / 24°8915.112.22.4
May33° / 24°10416.312.42.9
Jun31° / 23°11418.112.53.4
Jul30° / 22°17023.812.53.5
Aug29° / 22°21925.612.33.4
Sep30° / 22°18424.412.13.2
Oct32° / 22°10017.211.83.5
Nov33° / 21°265.811.63.9
Dec33° / 19°50.911.54.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Dikodougou gets around 5 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12010144114
22310144013
32510143812
42810153711
5311115359
6331115329
7361115308
8391115287
9411215266
10431215245
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13501315194
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21631312102
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Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:28 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Dikodougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dikodougou 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 Dikodougou?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dikodougou in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dikodougou in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dikodougou peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Dikodougou 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 Dikodougou is worst in February — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1458 µg/m³Aug 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dikodougou?

Dikodougou sits at 9.1°N, 5.8°W, 409 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tortiya, 35 km away.

KorhogoDianraTafiréNiakaramandougouFerkessédougouBoundialiM’Bengué

Topography around Dikodougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dikodougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 404 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 383 m.

The land around Dikodougou is covered by trees (54%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
383 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Tortiya 35 km · Korhogo 46 km · Dianra 55 km · Tafiré 67 km · Niakaramandougou 70 km · Ferkessédougou 86 km · Boundiali 93 km · M’Bengué 105 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Dikodougou (9.0676°, -5.7722°, elevation 409 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).