Al-Junaynah weather in December

In December, Al-Junaynah sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al-Junaynah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Junaynah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
15°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:50 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
22%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Al-Junaynah is Human settlement in West Darfur, Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al-Junaynah reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Al-Junaynah

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.

Al-Junaynah weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 14°0011.36.8
Feb32° / 16°0011.65.1
Mar35° / 20°00.111.93.1
Apr37° / 22°30.912.31.7
May37° / 24°123.412.61.6
Jun36° / 23°387.912.82.3
Jul31° / 22°18022.712.73.1
Aug30° / 21°23124.712.43.5
Sep32° / 21°6911.412.14.0
Oct34° / 21°112.511.73.9
Nov32° / 18°0011.45.2
Dec30° / 15°0011.26.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Al-Junaynah 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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 12 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 7:42 AM to 7:57 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:426:58
211.37:436:58
311.37:436:58
411.27:446:59
511.27:446:59
611.27:456:59
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811.27:467:00
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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 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Al-Junaynah

In seasonPeak

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

Al-Junaynah's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Al-Junaynah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Al-Junaynah?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
9.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al-Junaynah in December

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

In December, Al-Junaynah sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al-Junaynah in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al-Junaynah peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al-Junaynah 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 Al-Junaynah is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1761 µg/m³Aug 2122 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr51Poor
May42Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al-Junaynah?

Al-Junaynah sits at 13.5°N, 22.4°E, 797 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is El Geneina Fort, 3.0 km away.

ZalinjayGoz BeidaKabkābīyahAbéchéIriba

Topography around Al-Junaynah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-Junaynah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 794 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m.

The land around Al-Junaynah is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
543 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: El Geneina Fort 3.0 km · 'Ārdamatā 5.0 km · Adré 27 km · Zalinjay 126 km · Goz Beida 177 km · Kabkābīyah 178 km · Abéché 179 km · Iriba 186 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 Al-Junaynah (13.4526°, 22.4473°, elevation 797 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).