Alaghsas weather in December

In December, Alaghsas sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Alaghsas's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alaghsas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:54 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 10th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Alaghsas is village in Niger.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical December day in Alaghsas reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°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)	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

How December really feels in Alaghsas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alaghsas weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 14°	0	0	11.1	8.1
Feb	31° / 17°	0	0	11.4	6.1
Mar	35° / 21°	0	0.1	11.9	3.2
Apr	39° / 25°	1	0.2	12.4	0.6
May	41° / 28°	1	0.3	12.8	0.0
Jun	41° / 28°	3	1.1	13	0.0
Jul	39° / 27°	19	5.2	12.9	0.7
Aug	37° / 26°	37	8.9	12.6	1.4
Sep	39° / 26°	5	1.7	12.1	0.8
Oct	37° / 25°	0	0.1	11.6	1.9
Nov	33° / 20°	0	0	11.2	4.8
Dec	29° / 15°	0	0	11	7.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	78	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Alaghsas 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 20 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:01 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)	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:46	5:49
2	11.0	6:47	5:50
3	11.0	6:47	5:50
4	11.0	6:48	5:50
5	11.0	6:48	5:50
6	11.0	6:49	5:50
7	11.0	6:49	5:51
8	11.0	6:50	5:51
9	11.0	6:51	5:51
10	11.0	6:51	5:52
11	11.0	6:52	5:52
12	11.0	6:52	5:52
13	11.0	6:53	5:53
14	11.0	6:53	5:53
15	11.0	6:54	5:53
16	11.0	6:54	5:54
17	11.0	6:55	5:54
18	11.0	6:55	5:55
19	11.0	6:56	5:55
20	11.0	6:56	5:55
21	11.0	6:57	5:56
22	11.0	6:57	5:56
23	11.0	6:58	5:57
24	11.0	6:58	5:57
25	11.0	6:59	5:58
26	11.0	6:59	5:58
27	11.0	7:00	5:59
28	11.0	7:00	5:59
29	11.0	7:00	6:00
30	11.0	7:01	6:00
31	11.0	7:01	6:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.47 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.47 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Alaghsas

In seasonPeak

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

Alaghsas sees seasonal dust haze (February–November), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Alaghsas?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Alaghsas for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alaghsas in December

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

In December, Alaghsas sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Alaghsas in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alaghsas peaks around August 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (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)	7	10	12	10	9	11	11	12	12	11	8	6
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Alaghsas 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 Alaghsas is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 44 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)	82	89	77	68	65	66	58	48	44	57	58	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	89	Unhealthy
Mar	77	Unhealthy
Apr	68	Unhealthy
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	66	Unhealthy
Jul	58	Unhealthy
Aug	48	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Alaghsas?

Alaghsas sits at 17.0°N, 8.0°E, 519 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Agadez, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Alaghsas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alaghsas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 516 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m.

The land around Alaghsas is covered by bare terrain (76%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

bare terrain 76%

16 km

183 m

bare terrain 86%

80 km

767 m

bare terrain 90%

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

December weather nearby: Agadez 6.0 km · Arlit 202 km · Tanout 246 km · Abalak 255 km · Tchin Tabaradèn 267 km · Dakoro 309 km · Mayahi 343 km · Tessaoua 363 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B / C / D / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 36% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $775; 2025
Happiness: 4.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 25.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
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 Alaghsas (17.0187°, 8.0168°, elevation 519 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	31	17
2	31	17
3	30	17
4	30	17
5	30	17
6	30	17
7	30	17
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	28	15
19	28	15
20	28	15
21	28	15
22	28	15
23	28	14
24	28	14
25	28	14
26	28	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

	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