Notsé weather in December

In December, Notsé sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 12 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Notsé's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Notsé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:04 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Notsé is is a town in the plateaux region of Togo..

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 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Notsé reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Notsé

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.

Notsé weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°133.111.64.0
Feb35° / 24°266.311.83.0
Mar34° / 25°6414.7122.5
Apr33° / 24°9918.312.12.6
May32° / 24°14223.112.32.7
Jun30° / 23°16124.412.43.1
Jul29° / 23°14322.712.43.7
Aug29° / 22°1362112.24.0
Sep30° / 23°16624.4123.3
Oct31° / 23°12221.911.83.2
Nov33° / 23°369.611.73.7
Dec33° / 23°123.311.64.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
27030
37030
47129
57129
67129
77228
87327
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318218

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Notsé gets around 12 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10117838
20128818
30128827
40129817
501210807
601310806
701311796
802312785
902312785
1012413764
1112413764
1212413764
1312414763
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1613515733
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2023716702
2124717682
2234818652
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2434919632
2545919621
2645919621
27551020591
28651020581
29761020561
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Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 36 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 5:56 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:565:34
211.65:575:34
311.65:575:34
411.65:585:35
511.65:585:35
611.65:595:35
711.65:595:36
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Notsé

In seasonPeak

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

Notsé's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Notsé sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Notsé?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Notsé in December

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

In December, Notsé sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Notsé in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Notsé peaks around April 9 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Notsé 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 Notsé is worst in January — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 14109 µg/m³Aug 1228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan111Unhealthy
Feb87Unhealthy
Mar49Poor
Apr48Poor
May37Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec99Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Notsé?

Notsé sits at 7.0°N, 1.2°E, 142 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Tabligbo, 55 km away.

TabligboAplahouéTséviéKpaliméDjakotoméAtakpaméAthiéméDogbo

Topography around Notsé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Notsé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m.

The land around Notsé is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
983 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Tabligbo 55 km · Aplahoué 57 km · Tsévié 58 km · Kpalimé 59 km · Djakotomé 61 km · Atakpamé 65 km · Athiémé 69 km · Dogbo 70 km

Togo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,384
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
21%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
28.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 397
Religion
Christian 42%folk religion 37%Muslim 14%none 6%

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 Notsé (6.95°, 1.1667°, elevation 142 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).