Kong weather in December

In December, Kong sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 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 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Kong's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:31 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
30%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Kong is city 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 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kong reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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 Kong

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.

Kong 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
Jan34° / 19°4111.53.7
Feb36° / 22°112.511.72.2
Mar37° / 25°417.811.91.6
Apr35° / 25°8314.112.22.1
May34° / 24°9015.212.42.6
Jun32° / 23°8814.812.53.5
Jul30° / 23°1432112.53.6
Aug29° / 22°19023.612.33.6
Sep30° / 22°16922.112.13.5
Oct32° / 23°7313.411.83.9
Nov34° / 22°183.711.63.7
Dec34° / 20°20.611.54.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)
17426
27426
37525
47624
57723
67723
77822
87822
98020
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kong gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
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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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1241120388
2271120367
3301120346
4331119325
5361119295
6391119274
7421118254
8451118234
9471117213
10511116193
11531115183
12561114172
13581114152
14601113142
15621112132
16641112121
17661111111
18671111101
1970101091
2071101081
217310971
227310971
23779860
24779860
25799750
26799750
27828640
28828640
29838540
30838540
31848530

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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107calm
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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 6:23 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:235:53
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411.56:255:54
511.56:255:55
611.56:265:55
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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 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kong

In seasonPeak

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

Kong's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kong 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 Kong?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kong in December

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

In December, Kong sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kong 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 Kong peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Kong 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 Kong is worst in December — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1994 µg/m³Aug 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr37Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kong?

Kong sits at 9.1°N, 4.6°W, 327 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tafiré, 62 km away.

TafiréFerkessédougouDabakalaNiakaramandougouOuangolodougouKorhogoFronanKaouara

Topography around Kong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 449 m.

The land around Kong is covered by shrubs (48%), grassland (23%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (57%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), shrubs (36%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
449 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Tafiré 62 km · Ferkessédougou 81 km · Dabakala 90 km · Niakaramandougou 93 km · Ouangolodougou 109 km · Korhogo 117 km · Fronan 118 km · Kaouara 123 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 Kong (9.1494°, -4.6098°, elevation 327 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).