Climate averages 1991–2020
Vavoua weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Vavoua: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daloa (56 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Vavoua, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Vavoua ranks 8th of 30 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 30 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 30 cities is 30.8°C; Vavoua is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Vavoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 78 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 91 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 98 | 17.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 141 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 32.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.712 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
- Daloa in DecemberIvory Coast · 56 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Séguéla in DecemberIvory Coast · 68 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Bonon in DecemberIvory Coast · 69 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Bouaflé in DecemberIvory Coast · 92 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Sinfra in DecemberIvory Coast · 105 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Man in DecemberIvory Coast · 119 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Duekoué in DecemberIvory Coast · 120 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Yamoussoukro in DecemberIvory Coast · 146 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 16 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Vavoua) is explained once on the Vavoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.