Mek'ele weather in December

In December, Mek'ele has daytime highs averaging 22 °C, nights around 10 °C, with 2.5 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 16°
  2. Feb 17°
  3. Mar 18°
  4. Apr 20°
  5. May 21°
  6. Jun 20°
  7. Jul 18°
  8. Aug 18°
  9. Sep 19°
  10. Oct 18°
  11. Nov 17°
  12. Dec 16°

Daily temperatures through December

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Daily highDaily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 22.9 °C and lows bottom out at 9.9 °C.

How December develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

DaysAvg highAvg lowChance of rain
1–10 December22.7 °C10.7 °C5 %
11–20 December22.2 °C10.3 °C9 %
21–31 December22.3 °C10.1 °C10 %
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Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in December. Wettest date over the 30 years: December 25, at 17 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical December Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 0.1 of 31 0 %
Days above 30 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 2.5 of 31 8 %

Conditions in December

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 16 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 26 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 5.8 °C
Relative humidity 61 %
Wind speed 15 km/h
Cloud cover 26 %

Where Mek'ele ranks in December

RankingPositionValue
Places with the best weather in Africa in December5thof 5097/100
Places with the best weather in the world in December15thof 5097/100

December compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 22.8 °C 22 mm 38 %
February 24.2 °C 19 mm 36 %
October 23.8 °C 10 mm 28 %
November 23.0 °C 12 mm 23 %
December 22.4 °C 10 mm 26 %

See all twelve months for Mek'ele

Nearby destinations in December

Destination Avg high Wet days
Mek'ele 22 °C 2.5
Asmara 20 °C 10
Gonder 24 °C 1
Dessie 19 °C 5

QuestionsDecember in Mek'ele, answered

How warm is Mek'ele in December?

Daily highs average 22 °C and nights fall to about 10 °C, a spread of 12 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes December the 12th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Mek'ele in December?

December averages 10 mm of rain, spread over about 2 of the 31 days — 8 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 26 % of the sky.

How long are the days in December?

Mek'ele averages 11 hours between sunrise and sunset in December. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.