Pélézi weather in December

In December, Pélézi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Pélézi's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pélézi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:36 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
44%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Pélézi is village in Sassandra-Marahoué, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical December day in Pélézi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than January.

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

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.

Pélézi 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°224.111.63.7
Feb35° / 22°477.511.82.8
Mar34° / 23°9415.3122.6
Apr33° / 23°10416.812.22.8
May32° / 23°12019.312.33.0
Jun30° / 23°11819.912.43.5
Jul29° / 22°12120.812.44.0
Aug29° / 22°15923.312.23.8
Sep30° / 22°20525.6123.2
Oct30° / 22°12721.711.83.5
Nov31° / 22°5011.511.74.1
Dec32° / 21°183.911.64.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25842
35941
46040
56139
66238
76238
86436
96436
106535
116634
126733
136832
146931
157030
167129
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207525
217525
227624
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Pélézi gets around 18 mm of rain over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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519
619
718
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257
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11131580
21131778
31241875
42242072
52252170
62252368
72362465
82372563
92372761
103482857
113482956
124483054
134493152
144493251
155493349
166493447
1764103445
1875103544
1985103542
2095113540
21105113539
22116113537
23126123535
24137123533
25157133531
26168133429
27178133427
28199143325
292010143324
302110143222
312211143121

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 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 6:29 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:296:05
211.66:296:06
311.66:306:06
411.66:306:06
511.66:316:06
611.66:316:07
711.66:326:07
811.66:326:08
911.66:336:08
1011.66:336:08
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1911.66:386:12
2011.66:386:13
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3011.66:436:17
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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 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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215.2Bright
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Pélézi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pélézi sees seasonal dust haze (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 Pélézi?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pélézi in December

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

In December, Pélézi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pélézi 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 Pélézi peaks around April 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Pélézi 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 Pélézi is worst in February — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 959 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb59Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr35Poor
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Pélézi?

Pélézi sits at 7.3°N, 6.8°W, 255 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Mignouré, 23 km away.

BonouflaBléniméouinBelleville

Topography around Pélézi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pélézi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 259 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m.

The land around Pélézi is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
182 m
80 km
951 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Mignouré 23 km · Zaïbo 36 km · Baoutifla 38 km · Vavoua 39 km · Boboniessoko 39 km · Bonoufla 41 km · Bléniméouin 44 km · Belleville 46 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 Pélézi (7.2817°, -6.8145°, elevation 255 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).