Tanout weather in December

In December, Tanout sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 Tanout's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tanout's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:47 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; 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 29°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical December day in Tanout reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°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)	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How December really feels in Tanout

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.

Tanout 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	26° / 12°	0	0	11.2	8.8
Feb	30° / 15°	0	0	11.5	6.8
Mar	35° / 19°	0	0	11.9	3.5
Apr	39° / 23°	0	0.1	12.3	0.9
May	40° / 26°	3	0.8	12.7	0.0
Jun	39° / 26°	5	1.7	12.9	0.6
Jul	36° / 25°	31	6.5	12.8	2.0
Aug	35° / 24°	70	10.4	12.5	2.7
Sep	37° / 24°	15	3.5	12.1	1.8
Oct	37° / 22°	1	0.5	11.7	2.3
Nov	32° / 17°	0	0	11.3	5.3
Dec	27° / 13°	0	0	11.1	8.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 19%. 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 (%)	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84
Cloudier (%)	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tanout 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 19 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)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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

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

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 6:39 AM to 6:54 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)	11.2	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)	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54
Sunset (PM)	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	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:39	5:49
2	11.2	6:39	5:50
3	11.2	6:40	5:50
4	11.2	6:41	5:50
5	11.2	6:41	5:50
6	11.1	6:42	5:51
7	11.1	6:42	5:51
8	11.1	6:43	5:51
9	11.1	6:43	5:52
10	11.1	6:44	5:52
11	11.1	6:44	5:52
12	11.1	6:45	5:53
13	11.1	6:46	5:53
14	11.1	6:46	5:53
15	11.1	6:47	5:54
16	11.1	6:47	5:54
17	11.1	6:48	5:55
18	11.1	6:48	5:55
19	11.1	6:49	5:55
20	11.1	6:49	5:56
21	11.1	6:50	5:56
22	11.1	6:50	5:57
23	11.1	6:51	5:57
24	11.1	6:51	5:58
25	11.1	6:51	5:58
26	11.1	6:52	5:59
27	11.1	6:52	5:59
28	11.1	6:53	6:00
29	11.1	6:53	6:00
30	11.1	6:53	6:01
31	11.1	6:54	6:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.72 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)	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tanout

In seasonPeak

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

Tanout sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Tanout?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tanout in December

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

In December, Tanout sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Tanout 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 Tanout peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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	12	11	12	9	11	12	12	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Tanout 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 Tanout is worst in January — around 128 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 31 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)	128	125	108	85	67	64	49	31	35	64	77	120
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	128	Unhealthy
Feb	125	Unhealthy
Mar	108	Unhealthy
Apr	85	Unhealthy
May	67	Unhealthy
Jun	64	Unhealthy
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	35	Poor
Oct	64	Unhealthy
Nov	77	Unhealthy
Dec	120	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Tanout?

Tanout sits at 15.0°N, 8.9°E, 525 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Zinder, 130 km away.

Topography around Tanout

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanout has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 529 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Tanout is covered by grassland (55%) and bare terrain (38%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and bare terrain (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

grassland 55%

16 km

121 m

grassland 61%

80 km

197 m

grassland 65%

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

December weather nearby: Zinder 130 km · Mirriah 143 km · Tessaoua 166 km · Mayahi 173 km · Matamey 178 km · Gouré 185 km · Gazaoua 192 km · Aguié 202 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 Tanout (14.9709°, 8.8879°, elevation 525 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	30	14
2	30	14
3	29	14
4	29	14
5	29	14
6	29	14
7	29	14
8	29	14
9	28	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	27	13
16	27	13
17	27	12
18	27	12
19	27	12
20	27	12
21	26	12
22	26	12
23	26	12
24	26	12
25	26	12
26	26	11
27	26	11
28	26	11
29	25	11
30	25	11
31	25	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	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