Babanūsah weather in December

In December, Babanūsah sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 Babanūsah's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Babanūsah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:25 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 1st clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Babanūsah is town in western 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 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical December day in Babanūsah reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with 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)	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	21
3	34	21
4	34	21
5	34	21
6	34	21
7	34	21
8	34	21
9	34	21
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

How December really feels in Babanūsah

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

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.

Babanūsah weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-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	33° / 19°	0	0	11.4	4.8
Feb	35° / 21°	0	0	11.6	3.1
Mar	38° / 24°	1	0.3	11.9	1.2
Apr	40° / 26°	7	1.9	12.2	0.3
May	38° / 27°	31	7.8	12.5	0.9
Jun	35° / 26°	58	12.9	12.7	2.1
Jul	32° / 24°	106	17.7	12.6	3.2
Aug	31° / 23°	127	18.8	12.4	3.6
Sep	32° / 23°	81	13.6	12.1	3.5
Oct	35° / 24°	31	7.4	11.7	2.7
Nov	36° / 23°	0	0.1	11.5	2.9
Dec	33° / 20°	0	0	11.3	4.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 14%.

	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 (%)	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Babanūsah 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 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	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	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	light breeze

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

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 7:17 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:52 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	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)	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:17	6:40
2	11.4	7:18	6:40
3	11.4	7:18	6:41
4	11.4	7:19	6:41
5	11.4	7:19	6:41
6	11.4	7:20	6:41
7	11.4	7:20	6:42
8	11.4	7:21	6:42
9	11.4	7:21	6:42
10	11.4	7:22	6:43
11	11.3	7:22	6:43
12	11.3	7:23	6:44
13	11.3	7:23	6:44
14	11.3	7:24	6:44
15	11.3	7:24	6:45
16	11.3	7:25	6:45
17	11.3	7:25	6:46
18	11.3	7:26	6:46
19	11.3	7:26	6:46
20	11.3	7:27	6:47
21	11.3	7:27	6:47
22	11.3	7:28	6:48
23	11.3	7:28	6:48
24	11.3	7:29	6:49
25	11.3	7:29	6:49
26	11.3	7:30	6:50
27	11.3	7:30	6:50
28	11.3	7:30	6:51
29	11.3	7:31	6:51
30	11.3	7:31	6:52
31	11.3	7:32	6:52

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Babanūsah

In seasonPeak

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

Babanūsah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Is December a good time to visit Babanūsah?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Babanūsah in December

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

In December, Babanūsah sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Babanūsah 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 Babanūsah peaks around March 10 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.

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

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

Air quality in Babanūsah 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 Babanūsah is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.1× the cleanest month (September, 11 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)	32	37	47	37	22	21	17	12	11	16	19	28
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Babanūsah?

Babanūsah sits at 11.3°N, 27.8°E, 456 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Al Mijlad, 34 km away.

Topography around Babanūsah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Babanūsah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 450 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m.

The land around Babanūsah is covered by grassland (84%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

grassland 84%

16 km

30 m

grassland 92%

80 km

179 m

grassland 92%

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

December weather nearby: Al Mijlad 34 km · Al Fūlah 75 km · Ghubaysh 103 km · An Nuhūd 167 km · El Daein 183 km · Abū Zabad 194 km · Abyei 205 km · Kadugli 212 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 Babanūsah (11.3333°, 27.8°, elevation 456 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	35	21
2	35	21
3	34	21
4	34	21
5	34	21
6	34	21
7	34	21
8	34	21
9	34	21
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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	35	21
2	35	21
3	34	21
4	34	21
5	34	21
6	34	21
7	34	21
8	34	21
9	34	21
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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	35	21
2	35	21
3	34	21
4	34	21
5	34	21
6	34	21
7	34	21
8	34	21
9	34	21
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	32	19
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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