Koro weather in December

In December, Koro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Koro's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
16°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:33 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
34%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Koro is city in Mali.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical December day in Koro reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Koro

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 15 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
15
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.

Koro weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 16°10.111.36.1
Feb34° / 18°0011.54.0
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.5
Apr40° / 25°51.512.30.1
May40° / 28°82.812.60.1
Jun38° / 27°287.112.81.2
Jul34° / 25°991512.72.6
Aug32° / 24°15917.612.53.3
Sep34° / 24°6910.812.13.1
Oct37° / 23°143.411.72.0
Nov36° / 19°0011.32.9
Dec32° / 16°0011.25.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 25%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Koro gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 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 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:255:39
211.26:265:39
311.26:265:39
411.26:275:40
511.26:275:40
611.26:285:40
711.26:285:40
811.26:295:41
911.26:305:41
1011.26:305:41
1111.26:315:42
1211.26:315:42
1311.26:325:42
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1511.26:335:43
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1711.26:345:44
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1911.26:355:45
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2111.26:365:46
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2511.26:385:48
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2711.26:385:49
2811.26:395:49
2911.26:395:50
3011.26:405:50
3111.26:405:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Koro

In seasonPeak

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

Koro sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is December a good time to visit Koro?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Koro in December

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

In December, Koro sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Koro 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 Koro peaks around March 16 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 16UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Koro 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 Koro is worst in February — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2270 µg/m³Aug 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May45Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul22Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Koro?

Koro sits at 14.1°N, 3.1°W, 260 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bankass, 48 km away.

DouentzaTouganTitaoGourcyMopti

Topography around Koro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5 m around an average of 257 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m.

The land around Koro is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

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5 m
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80 km
505 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
December weather nearby: Bankass 48 km · Bandiagara 66 km · Ouahigouya 89 km · Douentza 106 km · Tougan 110 km · Titao 114 km · Gourcy 123 km · Mopti 128 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
Muslim 94%Christian 3%none 3%animist 1%

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 Koro (14.064°, -3.0754°, elevation 260 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).