Garoowe weather in December

In December, Garoowe sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 73% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Garoowe's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garoowe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
5:57 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
24%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Garoowe is capital city of the Puntland, Somalia.

Density
3,183/km²
people per km²

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 Garoowe reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°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)
13119
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How December really feels in Garoowe

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Garoowe weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 17°10.211.66.5
Feb31° / 17°0011.75.8
Mar33° / 19°10.411.94.7
Apr33° / 22°284.712.24.0
May33° / 24°438.512.43.7
Jun33° / 24°20.312.54.0
Jul33° / 24°00.112.44.4
Aug33° / 23°0012.34.1
Sep34° / 23°41123.8
Oct32° / 22°326.511.84.8
Nov31° / 20°112.311.65.6
Dec31° / 18°50.911.56.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28614
38515
48614
58614
68614
78614
88614
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Garoowe gets around 5 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
15
25
34
44
54
64
74
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93
103
113
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311

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 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
136312310
236312310
33731239
43831229
53832218
63932218
74032208
84033207
94134197
104134186
114235176
124236175
134237164
144338154
154439143
164439133
174540133
184540122
194640122
204640122
214740122
224740122
234839121
244838121
254937121
265036131
275135131
285234131
295233141
305233141
315332141

Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1216light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 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 5:49 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:495:22
211.55:505:22
311.55:505:23
411.55:515:23
511.55:515:23
611.55:525:24
711.55:525:24
811.55:535:24
911.55:535:25
1011.55:545:25
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1411.55:565:27
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1611.55:575:28
1711.55:575:28
1811.55:585:29
1911.55:585:29
2011.55:595:29
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2211.56:005:30
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2911.56:035:34
3011.56:035:34
3111.56:045:35

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 6.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
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296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Garoowe

In seasonPeak

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

Garoowe sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is December a good time to visit Garoowe?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Garoowe in December

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

In December, Garoowe sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Garoowe in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Garoowe peaks around April 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeApr 10UV 15Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Garoowe 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 Garoowe is worst in July — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1845 µg/m³Apr 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun36Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep29Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Garoowe?

Garoowe sits at 8.4°N, 48.5°E, 465 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Laascaanood, 124 km away.

LaascaanoodEylGaalkacyoSaaxoCeerigaaboWaalQorofDhabad

Topography around Garoowe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garoowe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 468 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 605 m.

The land around Garoowe is covered by bare terrain (80%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (47%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
605 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Laascaanood 124 km · Eyl 154 km · Gaalkacyo 215 km · Saaxo 260 km · Ceerigaabo 275 km · Waal 301 km · Qorof 303 km · Dhabad 312 km

Somalia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$661
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
27.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 399
Religion
Muslim 100%ethnic religionist 0%

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 Garoowe (8.4021°, 48.4828°, elevation 465 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).