Arlit weather in December

In December, Arlit sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Arlit's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arlit's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:00 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Arlit is urban commune in Niger.

Density: 170/km²; people per km²

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 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical December day in Arlit reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°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)	31	31	31	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
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11

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

How December really feels in Arlit

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.

Arlit weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 12°	0	0	11	8.1
Feb	31° / 15°	0	0	11.4	6.1
Mar	35° / 19°	0	0	11.9	3.2
Apr	40° / 24°	0	0	12.4	0.5
May	42° / 28°	1	0.4	12.9	0.0
Jun	42° / 29°	2	0.7	13.1	0.0
Jul	40° / 28°	5	1.8	13	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	16	4.4	12.6	0.3
Sep	40° / 27°	4	1.6	12.1	0.1
Oct	38° / 24°	0	0.1	11.6	1.5
Nov	33° / 17°	0	0	11.1	4.5
Dec	29° / 13°	0	0	10.9	7.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	73	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	78	78	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	78
Cloudier (%)	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Arlit 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, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	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	11	11	12	12	12	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 h 54 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 6:52 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:00 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)	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	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	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:52	5:49
2	10.9	6:52	5:49
3	10.9	6:53	5:49
4	10.9	6:53	5:49
5	10.9	6:54	5:50
6	10.9	6:55	5:50
7	10.9	6:55	5:50
8	10.9	6:56	5:50
9	10.9	6:56	5:51
10	10.9	6:57	5:51
11	10.9	6:57	5:51
12	10.9	6:58	5:52
13	10.9	6:59	5:52
14	10.9	6:59	5:52
15	10.9	7:00	5:53
16	10.9	7:00	5:53
17	10.9	7:01	5:53
18	10.9	7:01	5:54
19	10.9	7:02	5:54
20	10.9	7:02	5:55
21	10.9	7:03	5:55
22	10.9	7:03	5:56
23	10.9	7:04	5:56
24	10.9	7:04	5:57
25	10.9	7:05	5:57
26	10.9	7:05	5:58
27	10.9	7:05	5:58
28	10.9	7:06	5:59
29	10.9	7:06	5:59
30	10.9	7:07	6:00
31	10.9	7:07	6:00

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.25 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 5.25 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Arlit

In seasonPeak

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

Arlit sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Arlit?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Arlit in December

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

In December, Arlit sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Arlit 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 Arlit peaks around March 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 7 (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	11	8	12	12	11	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

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

Air quality in Arlit 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 Arlit is worst in June — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	64	71	72	60	65	73	68	61	46	51	46	64
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	72	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	73	Unhealthy
Jul	68	Unhealthy
Aug	61	Unhealthy
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	64	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Arlit?

Arlit sits at 18.7°N, 7.4°E, 423 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Alaghsas, 202 km away.

Topography around Arlit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arlit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 421 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m.

The land around Arlit is covered by bare terrain (96%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

18 m

bare terrain 96%

16 km

137 m

bare terrain 99%

80 km

636 m

bare terrain 98%

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

December weather nearby: Alaghsas 202 km · Agadez 206 km · Tchin Tabaradèn 358 km · Abalak 384 km · Tanout 448 km · Dakoro 475 km · Tahoua 484 km · Tamanghasset 490 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 Arlit (18.7369°, 7.3853°, elevation 423 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	15
2	31	15
3	31	15
4	31	15
5	31	15
6	30	14
7	30	14
8	30	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	30	14
13	29	13
14	29	13
15	29	13
16	29	13
17	29	13
18	29	13
19	29	13
20	29	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	28	12
25	28	12
26	28	12
27	28	12
28	28	12
29	28	11
30	27	11
31	27	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	78	22

	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