Kédougou weather in December

In December, Kédougou sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 Kédougou's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kédougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:07 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
41%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Kédougou is commune of Senegal.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kédougou reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°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 Kédougou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
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.

Kédougou weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°0011.33.9
Feb36° / 21°00.111.62.4
Mar39° / 25°10.211.91.0
Apr39° / 27°10.312.30.4
May38° / 28°17412.61.0
Jun34° / 26°7411.512.72.7
Jul31° / 24°16620.212.73.3
Aug30° / 24°24823.912.43.2
Sep31° / 23°22922.912.13.1
Oct32° / 23°6711.111.73.7
Nov34° / 21°6111.43.6
Dec34° / 19°00.111.33.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kédougou gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
153221591
256221480
359211370
463201250
566191140
667191040
77117930
87416820
97615720
107814710
117913710
128112610
138311600
148311600
158410600
16859600
17869500
18878500
19878500
20887500
21897400
22906400
23906400
24925300
25925300
26944200
27944200
28944200
29953200
30953200
31963100

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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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 6:59 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:596:18
211.37:006:18
311.37:006:18
411.37:016:19
511.37:016:19
611.37:026:19
711.37:026:20
811.37:036:20
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1011.37:046:21
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1211.37:056:21
1311.37:056:22
1411.37:066:22
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1611.37:076:23
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1811.37:086:24
1911.37:086:24
2011.37:096:25
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3111.37:146:30

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kédougou

In seasonPeak

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

Kédougou's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kédougou 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 Kédougou?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kédougou. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kédougou in December

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

In December, Kédougou sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kédougou 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 Kédougou peaks around March 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 highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Kédougou 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 Kédougou is worst in December — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.1× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 17105 µg/m³Aug 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar50Poor
Apr54Poor
May43Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov63Unhealthy
Dec111Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kédougou?

Kédougou sits at 12.6°N, 12.2°W, 127 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Donghol-Sigon, 84 km away.

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Topography around Kédougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kédougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Kédougou is covered by grassland (41%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
401 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Donghol-Sigon 84 km · Koundara 122 km · Kamabi 135 km · Tougué 136 km · Labé 138 km · Sagalo 166 km · Koumbia 166 km · Pita 168 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Kédougou (12.5556°, -12.1808°, elevation 127 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).