Ad-Damazin weather in December

In December, Ad-Damazin sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ad-Damazin's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad-Damazin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:59 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
18%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Ad-Damazin is capital of the Blue Nile state of Sudan.

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 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ad-Damazin reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Ad-Damazin

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.

Ad-Damazin weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°0011.43.7
Feb37° / 22°0011.62.2
Mar39° / 25°20.411.90.7
Apr40° / 27°92.512.30.2
May38° / 27°4411.112.51.2
Jun35° / 25°6715.312.72.2
Jul32° / 24°10119.512.63.0
Aug31° / 23°1432212.43.3
Sep32° / 23°1041612.13.4
Oct34° / 24°6013.711.72.8
Nov36° / 24°3111.52.5
Dec35° / 22°0011.33.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
39010
49010
59010
69010
79010
89010
99010
109010
119010
129010
139010
149010
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229010
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268911
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ad-Damazin 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.

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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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
188102
29091
39091
49181
59181
69370
79460
89460
99550
109550
119640
129640
139640
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219910
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299910
309910
319910

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:526:13
211.46:526:13
311.36:536:14
411.36:536:14
511.36:546:14
611.36:546:14
711.36:556:15
811.36:556:15
911.36:566:15
1011.36:566:16
1111.36:576:16
1211.36:576:16
1311.36:586:17
1411.36:586:17
1511.36:596:18
1611.36:596:18
1711.37:006:19
1811.37:006:19
1911.37:016:19
2011.37:016:20
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3011.37:066:25
3111.37:066:25

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.81 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 Ad-Damazin

In seasonPeak

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

Ad-Damazin's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ad-Damazin sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is December a good time to visit Ad-Damazin?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ad-Damazin in December

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

In December, Ad-Damazin sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad-Damazin in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad-Damazin peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ad-Damazin 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 Ad-Damazin is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1829 µg/m³Aug 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ad-Damazin?

Ad-Damazin sits at 11.8°N, 34.4°E, 485 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Er Roseires, 9.0 km away.

SingaAd-DindarAs SūkīUmm ShawkahAl ḨawātahĀsosaMaiurno

Topography around Ad-Damazin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad-Damazin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 480 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m.

The land around Ad-Damazin is covered by grassland (45%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
206 m
80 km
788 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Er Roseires 9.0 km · Singa 158 km · Ad-Dindar 174 km · As Sūkī 178 km · Umm Shawkah 182 km · Al Ḩawātah 183 km · Āsosa 192 km · Maiurno 196 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / F / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 215% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,165
2025
Happiness
4.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
5.1
per 100k, 2008
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 421

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 Ad-Damazin (11.7891°, 34.3592°, elevation 485 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).