Climate averages 1991–2020
Abeokuta weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Abeokuta: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th 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 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igbo-Ora (32 km away). In December its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Abeokuta, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abeokuta ranks joint 30th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 103rd of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Abeokuta is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 34.6°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
Abeokuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 27 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 60 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 92 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 149 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 175 | 25.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 32 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 11 | 3.0 | 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
- Igbo-Ora in DecemberNigeria · 32 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Ifo in DecemberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in DecemberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Shagamu in DecemberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Ota in DecemberNigeria · 53 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Agege in DecemberNigeria · 60 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in DecemberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Ibadan in DecemberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 7.0 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 Abeokuta) is explained once on the Abeokuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.