Niakaramandougou weather in December

In December, Niakaramandougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.3 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 Niakaramandougou's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niakaramandougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:32 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
33%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Niakaramandougou is place in Vallée du Bandama, Ivory Coast.

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 Niakaramandougou 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 Niakaramandougou

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.

Niakaramandougou 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° / 20°101.811.63.9
Feb35° / 22°224.111.72.8
Mar35° / 24°7211.811.92.3
Apr34° / 24°10116.412.22.6
May33° / 24°10417.112.43.0
Jun31° / 23°10617.512.53.5
Jul29° / 22°1442312.53.6
Aug29° / 22°18324.412.33.5
Sep30° / 22°18324.912.13.1
Oct32° / 22°10017.511.83.5
Nov33° / 22°326.611.63.9
Dec33° / 20°61.311.54.3

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 (%)
17228
27327
37426
47426
57525
67624
77624
87822
97822
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Niakaramandougou gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.3 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 4% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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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 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 33% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1148104127
2168104125
3188114023
4208114020
5238123918
6258133716
7279133615
8309143414
9329153212
10349153011
11369162811
12389162710
1340916259
14421017238
15441017228
16461017217
17471017197
18491016187
19511016176
20521016166
21551015155
22561015145
23581014135
24601014124
25611013124
26631013113
27651012103
28651012103
2967101193
306991192
317091182

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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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 6:25 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:255:57
211.56:255:57
311.56:265:57
411.56:265:58
511.56:275:58
611.56:275:58
711.56:285:59
811.56:285:59
911.56:295:59
1011.56:296:00
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1911.56:346:04
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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 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Niakaramandougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is December a good time to visit Niakaramandougou?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Niakaramandougou in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

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

Air quality in Niakaramandougou 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 Niakaramandougou is worst in February — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1260 µg/m³Aug 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar38Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Niakaramandougou?

Niakaramandougou sits at 8.7°N, 5.3°W, 385 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tortiya, 45 km away.

TortiyaTafiréFronanKatiolaDikodougouKongKorhogoDabakala

Topography around Niakaramandougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niakaramandougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 367 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m.

The land around Niakaramandougou is covered by trees (52%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
447 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Tortiya 45 km · Tafiré 48 km · Fronan 52 km · Katiola 62 km · Dikodougou 70 km · Kong 93 km · Korhogo 96 km · Dabakala 100 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 Niakaramandougou (8.6576°, -5.2911°, elevation 385 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).