Kabala weather in December

In December, Kabala sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kabala's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:59 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
40%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Kabala is city in kaduna.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kabala reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Kabala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 11 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
11
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.

Kabala weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°61.311.54.5
Feb35° / 21°51.211.73.3
Mar35° / 23°234.711.92.9
Apr34° / 23°508.912.23.2
May31° / 23°15020.312.43.3
Jun29° / 22°23926.512.53.3
Jul27° / 21°29328.812.53.5
Aug27° / 21°33229.112.33.5
Sep28° / 21°32128.112.13.3
Oct29° / 21°24727.411.83.2
Nov30° / 21°679.911.64.8
Dec31° / 20°71.611.55.3

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 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26337
36337
46436
56535
66535
76535
86733
96733
106832
116832
127030
137030
147129
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kabala gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.6 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 6% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
113
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311
411
510
610
79
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108
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 43% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
146134630
257144628
367154526
478164524
579174522
689184420
7910194418
81011204316
91111214214
101211224113
111312234111
121412244010
13151225399
14171226388
15181227367
16191227357
17201228346
18211228335
19231229325
20251229304
21261229294
22281228274
23311228263
24331328243
25351327223
26371327212
27391426192
28411425182
29431425172
30441524151
31461523141

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 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 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:526:20
211.56:526:21
311.56:536:21
411.56:536:21
511.56:546:22
611.56:546:22
711.56:556:22
811.56:556:23
911.56:566:23
1011.56:566:23
1111.56:576:24
1211.46:576:24
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1911.47:016:27
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kabala

In seasonPeak

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

Kabala's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kabala sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.

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

Is December a good time to visit Kabala?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kabala in December

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

In December, Kabala sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabala in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabala peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 14UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kabala 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 Kabala is worst in March — around 123 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.9× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 23122 µg/m³Aug 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar123Unhealthy
Apr121Unhealthy
May29Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug10Good
Sep12Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kabala?

Kabala sits at 9.6°N, 11.6°W, 433 m above sea level, in Sierra Leone. The nearest listed city is Makeni, 95 km away.

MakeniFaranahKoidu

Topography around Kabala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabala has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m around an average of 483 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,847 m.

The land around Kabala is covered by trees (72%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
406 m
16 km
626 m
80 km
1,847 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Makeni 95 km · Faranah 102 km · Mamou 106 km · Dogomet 119 km · Koidu 123 km · Kolenté 124 km · Arfa Moussaïa 133 km · Dabola 137 km

Sierra Leone travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$846
2025
Happiness
3.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
11%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.2
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
33
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 77%Christian 23%

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 Kabala (9.5889°, -11.5526°, elevation 433 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).