Climate averages 1991–2020
Aba weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Aba: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikot Ekpene (39 km away). In December its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Aba, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Aba ranks joint 95th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 134th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Aba is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 38 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
Aba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 38 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 68 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 165 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 242 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 291 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 329 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 326 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 288 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 345 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 341 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 44 | 11.1 | 11.812 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
- Ikot Ekpene in DecemberNigeria · 39 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Umuahia in DecemberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Okrika in DecemberNigeria · 51 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in DecemberNigeria · 54 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Owerri in DecemberNigeria · 56 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Bende in DecemberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Uyo in DecemberNigeria · 63 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Buguma in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 62 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 Aba) is explained once on the Aba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.