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Places with the best weather in Africa in December

Harar tops the list at 98 /100 in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Rainfall
1 Harar Ethiopia 98 /100 23 °C 10 mm
2 Esna Egypt 97 /100 23 °C 0 mm
3 Shashamane Ethiopia 97 /100 23 °C 6 mm
4 Sodo Ethiopia 97 /100 25 °C 15 mm
5 Mek'ele Ethiopia 97 /100 22 °C 10 mm
6 Bahir Dar Ethiopia 96 /100 25 °C 4 mm
7 Zagazig Egypt 96 /100 21 °C 4 mm
8 Gonder Ethiopia 96 /100 24 °C 4 mm
9 Hurghada Egypt 96 /100 22 °C 1 mm
10 Girga Egypt 96 /100 23 °C 0 mm
11 Al Mansurah Egypt 96 /100 21 °C 4 mm
12 Nek’emtē Ethiopia 96 /100 24 °C 47 mm
13 Kom Ombo Egypt 96 /100 24 °C 0 mm
14 Hosa’ina Ethiopia 96 /100 23 °C 18 mm
15 Al Fayyum Egypt 96 /100 21 °C 1 mm
16 Suez Egypt 95 /100 20 °C 2 mm
17 Sohag Egypt 95 /100 22 °C 0 mm
18 Cairo Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 2 mm
19 Damietta Egypt 95 /100 20 °C 6 mm
20 Mallawī Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 1 mm
21 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 6 mm
22 Agadir Morocco 95 /100 21 °C 50 mm
23 Awasa Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 11 mm
24 Minya Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 1 mm
25 Jijiga Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 7 mm
26 Assiut Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 1 mm
27 Nakuru Kenya 94 /100 23 °C 37 mm
28 Ait Melloul Morocco 94 /100 21 °C 39 mm
29 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 94 /100 22 °C 6 mm
30 Damanhur Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 9 mm
31 Jimma Ethiopia 94 /100 25 °C 22 mm
32 Eldoret Kenya 94 /100 23 °C 60 mm
33 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 10 mm
34 Bishoftu Ethiopia 94 /100 23 °C 2 mm
35 Borama Somalia 94 /100 24 °C 5 mm
36 Port Said Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 5 mm
37 Laayoune Western Sahara 93 /100 23 °C 8 mm
38 Ismailia Egypt 93 /100 21 °C 3 mm
39 Alexandria Egypt 93 /100 19 °C 19 mm
40 Dire Dawa Ethiopia 93 /100 27 °C 20 mm
41 Idkū Egypt 93 /100 19 °C 25 mm
42 Nazrēt Ethiopia 92 /100 26 °C 2 mm
43 Dīla Ethiopia 92 /100 25 °C 52 mm
44 Hargeysa Somalia 92 /100 24 °C 4 mm
45 6th of October City Egypt 91 /100 20 °C 2 mm
46 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 91 /100 20 °C 2 mm
47 Cape Town South Africa 90 /100 24 °C 15 mm
48 Bafoussam Cameroon 90 /100 27 °C 3 mm
49 Somerset West South Africa 90 /100 25 °C 26 mm
50 Kitale Kenya 90 /100 22 °C 66 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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