Ar Rahad weather in December

In December, Ar Rahad sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 Ar Rahad's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Rahad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:16 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 18%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Ar Rahad is town in central Sudan..

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ar Rahad reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	31	18
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

How December really feels in Ar Rahad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 4 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ar Rahad weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 16°	0	0	11.3	6.7
Feb	32° / 18°	0	0	11.6	5.1
Mar	36° / 21°	0	0.2	11.9	2.8
Apr	39° / 23°	2	0.7	12.3	0.9
May	39° / 26°	17	5.2	12.6	0.6
Jun	37° / 26°	33	9	12.7	1.6
Jul	34° / 24°	79	16	12.7	2.7
Aug	32° / 23°	93	17.2	12.4	3.3
Sep	34° / 24°	57	12.6	12.1	2.9
Oct	36° / 24°	19	5.7	11.7	2.2
Nov	34° / 21°	0	0	11.4	3.9
Dec	31° / 17°	0	0	11.3	6.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	86	86
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ar Rahad 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

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 7:08 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:23
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:08	6:26
2	11.3	7:09	6:27
3	11.3	7:09	6:27
4	11.3	7:10	6:27
5	11.3	7:10	6:27
6	11.3	7:11	6:28
7	11.3	7:11	6:28
8	11.3	7:12	6:28
9	11.3	7:12	6:29
10	11.3	7:13	6:29
11	11.3	7:13	6:29
12	11.3	7:14	6:30
13	11.3	7:14	6:30
14	11.3	7:15	6:30
15	11.3	7:15	6:31
16	11.3	7:16	6:31
17	11.3	7:16	6:32
18	11.3	7:17	6:32
19	11.3	7:17	6:33
20	11.3	7:18	6:33
21	11.3	7:18	6:33
22	11.3	7:19	6:34
23	11.3	7:19	6:34
24	11.3	7:20	6:35
25	11.3	7:20	6:35
26	11.3	7:21	6:36
27	11.3	7:21	6:36
28	11.3	7:22	6:37
29	11.3	7:22	6:37
30	11.3	7:22	6:38
31	11.3	7:23	6:38

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ar Rahad

In seasonPeak

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

Ar Rahad sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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Is December a good time to visit Ar Rahad?

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

8.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ar Rahad in December

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

In December, Ar Rahad sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Ar Rahad 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 Ar Rahad peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	13	12	10	11	10	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ar Rahad 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 Ar Rahad is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	44	51	41	27	21	17	13	15	23	24	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	27	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ar Rahad?

Ar Rahad sits at 12.7°N, 30.6°E, 506 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Umm Ruwaba, 65 km away.

Topography around Ar Rahad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Rahad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 494 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 944 m.

The land around Ar Rahad is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

grassland 39%

16 km

50 m

grassland 65%

80 km

944 m

grassland 66%

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← November Ar Rahad year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Umm Ruwaba 65 km · El Obeid 70 km · Bārah 114 km · Dilling 131 km · Tandaltī 136 km · Abu Jibeha 154 km · Abū Zabad 157 km · Kadugli 215 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 Ar Rahad (12.7167°, 30.65°, elevation 506 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	31	18
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	31	18
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	31	18
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100