Climate averages 1991–2020

Gagnoa weather
in December.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.1°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 22.2°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 26 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gagnoa · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Gagnoa: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinfra (55 km away). In December its highs average 30.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gagnoa, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Gagnoa ranks 19th of 30 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 30 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 30 cities is 30.8°C; Gagnoa is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gagnoa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gagnoa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.8°C22.2°C22.2°C245.811.812 h
February 32.5°C23.1°C23.1°C5310.411.912 h
March 32.0°C23.2°C23.2°C9317.512.112 h
April 31.5°C23.2°C23.2°C10119.212.312 h
May 30.4°C23.0°C23.0°C12723.912.412 h
June 28.7°C22.1°C22.1°C12922.612.512 h
July 28.0°C21.6°C21.6°C8417.912.412 h
August 27.9°C21.6°C21.6°C9818.712.312 h
September 28.6°C22.0°C22.0°C15824.412.212 h
October 29.2°C22.2°C22.2°C14125.012.012 h
November 29.4°C22.2°C22.2°C6416.011.812 h
December, selected 30.1°C22.2°C22.2°C266.711.812 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

December in nearby cities

Distance from Gagnoa

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gagnoa) is explained once on the Gagnoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.