Sagalo weather in December

In December, Sagalo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 55% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sagalo's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sagalo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:00 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
39%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Sagalo is commune and village in Kayes Région da, Mali.

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 Sagalo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°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 Sagalo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 30 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
30
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.

Sagalo weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°10.211.45.0
Feb35° / 20°10.211.63.5
Mar37° / 23°20.311.92.1
Apr38° / 26°61.412.31.3
May37° / 26°37712.61.7
Jun32° / 24°15918.612.73.0
Jul30° / 23°30126.512.63.2
Aug29° / 22°34528.112.43.1
Sep30° / 22°27525.712.13.1
Oct31° / 22°11517.111.73.7
Nov33° / 20°101.711.44.4
Dec33° / 18°00.111.34.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26634
36733
46733
56733
66733
76733
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sagalo gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1741682
2761572
3801361
4811261
5831151
6861040
787940
889830
990730
1091720
1192620
1292620
1394510
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2899100
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3199010

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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88calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 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 6:53 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:536:13
211.36:536:13
311.36:546:13
411.36:546:13
511.36:556:14
611.36:556:14
711.36:566:14
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911.36:576:15
1011.36:576:15
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1311.36:596:16
1411.36:596:17
1511.37:006:17
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1911.37:026:19
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3011.37:076:24
3111.37:076:25

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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45.6Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sagalo

In seasonPeak

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

Sagalo's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Sagalo sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is December a good time to visit Sagalo?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sagalo in December

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

In December, Sagalo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sagalo 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 Sagalo peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 17UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Sagalo 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 Sagalo is worst in April — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 1166 µg/m³Aug 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sagalo?

Sagalo sits at 12.2°N, 10.7°W, 540 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Dinguiraye, 101 km away.

DinguirayeTouguéBissikrimaKintinianKitaBankoKédougouDabola

Topography around Sagalo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sagalo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 537 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 826 m.

The land around Sagalo is covered by shrubs (43%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (47%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
192 m
16 km
601 m
80 km
826 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcropland
December weather nearby: Dinguiraye 101 km · Tougué 134 km · Bissikrima 152 km · Kintinian 158 km · Kita 161 km · Banko 165 km · Kédougou 166 km · Dabola 168 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 Sagalo (12.2°, -10.7°, elevation 540 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).