Flakièdougou weather in December

In December, Flakièdougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 62% 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 Flakièdougou's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flakièdougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:23 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
33%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
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 Flakièdougou reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Flakièdougou

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.

Flakièdougou weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°101.911.64.2
Feb35° / 22°233.811.73.1
Mar34° / 23°7213.211.92.6
Apr33° / 24°10516.712.22.8
May32° / 23°10417.812.43.3
Jun30° / 23°10117.312.53.9
Jul29° / 22°12120.412.44.1
Aug28° / 22°15422.112.34.0
Sep29° / 22°18425123.3
Oct31° / 22°1081911.83.5
Nov33° / 22°326.811.64.0
Dec33° / 20°81.611.54.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37327
47327
57525
67525
77624
87723
97822
107921
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Flakièdougou gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
115793533
217893531
319893529
4218103428
5228103426
6249103324
7269113222
8289113121
92910123019
103110132918
113210132717
123411142616
133511142515
143611152414
153811152313
163911152212
174112152111
184312152010
19451215199
20471215189
21491115178
22521114167
23541114156
24551114146
25581113135
26611013124
27621012124
28631012114
2966912103
3066912103
316791293

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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
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127calm
137calm
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318calm

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 6:16 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:165:48
211.56:175:49
311.56:175:49
411.56:175:49
511.56:185:50
611.56:185:50
711.56:195:50
811.56:195:51
911.56:205:51
1011.56:205:51
1111.56:215:52
1211.56:215:52
1311.56:225:53
1411.56:225:53
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1911.56:255:55
2011.56:255:56
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2311.56:275:57
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2511.56:285:58
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2711.56:295:59
2811.56:296:00
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3011.56:306:01
3111.56:306:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.7Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Flakièdougou

In seasonPeak

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

Flakièdougou's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is December a good time to visit Flakièdougou?

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

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

What to pack for Flakièdougou in December

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

In December, Flakièdougou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Flakièdougou 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 Flakièdougou peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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 highApr 12UV 13Dec 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Flakièdougou 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 Flakièdougou is worst in December — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 2181 µg/m³Aug 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar36Poor
Apr35Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec83Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Flakièdougou?

Flakièdougou sits at 8.5°N, 3.1°W, 457 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Bondoukou, 61 km away.

BondoukouTandaBounaJapekromBerekumDomaa-AhenkroNsoatre

Topography around Flakièdougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flakièdougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 413 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m.

The land around Flakièdougou is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
175 m
80 km
572 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Bondoukou 61 km · Tanda 76 km · Bouna 89 km · Japekrom 108 km · Berekum 129 km · Domaa-Ahenkro 137 km · Wankyi 140 km · Nsoatre 140 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 Flakièdougou (8.4827°, -3.1273°, 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).