Douentza weather in December

In December, Douentza sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Douentza's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douentza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:35 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical December day in Douentza reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	16
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	30	16
20	30	16
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	15
30	29	15
31	29	15

How December really feels in Douentza

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 1 day 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Douentza weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	1	0.1	11.2	7.2
Feb	32° / 18°	0	0	11.5	5.2
Mar	36° / 22°	0	0.1	11.9	2.6
Apr	39° / 26°	2	1	12.3	0.5
May	40° / 28°	6	2.4	12.7	0.0
Jun	38° / 28°	21	7.7	12.9	0.9
Jul	35° / 26°	93	15.5	12.8	2.2
Aug	33° / 24°	131	17.2	12.5	3.1
Sep	34° / 25°	52	10.4	12.1	2.8
Oct	36° / 24°	10	2.5	11.7	2.2
Nov	34° / 20°	1	0.1	11.3	3.8
Dec	30° / 16°	0	0	11.1	6.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 29%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	71	71
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Douentza gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
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13	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:26	5:37
2	11.2	6:27	5:37
3	11.2	6:27	5:37
4	11.2	6:28	5:37
5	11.2	6:29	5:38
6	11.1	6:29	5:38
7	11.1	6:30	5:38
8	11.1	6:30	5:39
9	11.1	6:31	5:39
10	11.1	6:31	5:39
11	11.1	6:32	5:40
12	11.1	6:32	5:40
13	11.1	6:33	5:40
14	11.1	6:33	5:41
15	11.1	6:34	5:41
16	11.1	6:35	5:41
17	11.1	6:35	5:42
18	11.1	6:36	5:42
19	11.1	6:36	5:43
20	11.1	6:37	5:43
21	11.1	6:37	5:44
22	11.1	6:37	5:44
23	11.1	6:38	5:45
24	11.1	6:38	5:45
25	11.1	6:39	5:46
26	11.1	6:39	5:46
27	11.1	6:40	5:47
28	11.1	6:40	5:47
29	11.1	6:41	5:48
30	11.1	6:41	5:48
31	11.1	6:41	5:49

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.39 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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22	5.4	Bright
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24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Douentza

In seasonPeak

In December, Douentza sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Douentza sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in May.

Dust

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May

Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Douentza?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Douentza in December

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

In December, Douentza sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Douentza 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 Douentza peaks around August 20 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	13	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Douentza 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 Douentza is worst in February — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	67	72	70	57	51	44	27	16	19	33	39	56
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	67	Unhealthy
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	56	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Douentza?

Douentza sits at 15.0°N, 3.0°W, 307 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bandiagara, 102 km away.

Topography around Douentza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douentza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 298 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m.

The land around Douentza is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

161 m

grassland 40%

16 km

694 m

grassland 62%

80 km

795 m

grassland 70%

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← November Douentza year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Bandiagara 102 km · Koro 106 km · Bankass 120 km · Mopti 145 km · Diré 147 km · Titao 168 km · Ouahigouya 169 km · Goundam 174 km

Mali travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,193; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 22.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 408
Religion

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 Douentza (15.0061°, -2.9517°, elevation 307 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	16
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	30	16
20	30	16
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	15
30	29	15
31	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	16
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	30	16
20	30	16
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	15
30	29	15
31	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	16
16	30	16
17	30	16
18	30	16
19	30	16
20	30	16
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	15
30	29	15
31	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100