Shendi weather in December

In December, Shendi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 88% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Shendi's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shendi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:12 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 12%; 4th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Shendi is human settlement in 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 Shendi 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 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°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	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

How December really feels in Shendi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 3 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.

Shendi weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 16°	0	0	11.1	7.2
Feb	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.6
Mar	35° / 20°	0	0	11.9	3.2
Apr	39° / 24°	0	0	12.4	0.7
May	41° / 27°	2	0.7	12.8	0.0
Jun	41° / 28°	1	0.4	13	0.0
Jul	39° / 28°	11	3.4	12.9	0.5
Aug	38° / 27°	15	3.7	12.6	0.9
Sep	40° / 28°	5	1.4	12.1	0.3
Oct	39° / 26°	2	0.5	11.6	1.0
Nov	34° / 22°	0	0	11.2	3.9
Dec	31° / 18°	0	0	11	6.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

	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 (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91
Cloudier (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Shendi 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 93% 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 (%)	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	97
Comfortable (%)	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

Wind in December

Winds average 17 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
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27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:20 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	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	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:04	6:08
2	11.1	7:04	6:08
3	11.1	7:05	6:09
4	11.1	7:05	6:09
5	11.1	7:06	6:09
6	11.0	7:07	6:09
7	11.0	7:07	6:10
8	11.0	7:08	6:10
9	11.0	7:08	6:10
10	11.0	7:09	6:11
11	11.0	7:09	6:11
12	11.0	7:10	6:11
13	11.0	7:11	6:12
14	11.0	7:11	6:12
15	11.0	7:12	6:12
16	11.0	7:12	6:13
17	11.0	7:13	6:13
18	11.0	7:13	6:14
19	11.0	7:14	6:14
20	11.0	7:14	6:14
21	11.0	7:15	6:15
22	11.0	7:15	6:15
23	11.0	7:16	6:16
24	11.0	7:16	6:16
25	11.0	7:16	6:17
26	11.0	7:17	6:17
27	11.0	7:17	6:18
28	11.0	7:18	6:18
29	11.0	7:18	6:19
30	11.0	7:19	6:19
31	11.0	7:19	6:20

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.44 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.44 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)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
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24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Shendi

In seasonPeak

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

Shendi sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Apr

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Oct

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Is December a good time to visit Shendi?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shendi in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shendi in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shendi peaks around April 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (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)	9	11	11	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Shendi 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 Shendi is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 32 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)	52	53	56	48	45	44	44	39	36	32	35	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	48	Poor
May	45	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	35	Moderate
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Shendi?

Shendi sits at 16.7°N, 33.4°E, 366 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ad-Damir, 116 km away.

Topography around Shendi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shendi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 361 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m.

The land around Shendi is covered by bare terrain (47%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

bare terrain 47%

16 km

84 m

bare terrain 72%

80 km

228 m

bare terrain 93%

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

December weather nearby: Ad-Damir 116 km · Atbara 127 km · Khartoum North 151 km · Omdurman 155 km · Berber 159 km · Khartoum 159 km · El Bauga 182 km · Al Hilāliyya 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 Shendi (16.6915°, 33.4341°, elevation 366 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	19
2	32	19
3	32	19
4	32	19
5	32	19
6	32	19
7	32	19
8	31	18
9	31	18
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	31	18
15	31	18
16	31	18
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	17
22	30	17
23	30	17
24	30	17
25	30	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17
31	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	91	9

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3