Climate averages 1991–2020
Abuja 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 Abuja: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (35 km away). In December its highs average 34.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Abuja, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Abuja ranks joint 23rd of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 41st of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Abuja is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 1.8 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
Abuja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 19 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 195 | 23.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 314 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 285 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 137 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Kuje in DecemberNigeria · 35 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Suleja in DecemberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Keffi in DecemberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kafanchan in DecemberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kagoro in DecemberNigeria · 116 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Minna in DecemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Lafia in DecemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bida in DecemberNigeria · 163 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.4 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 Abuja) is explained once on the Abuja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.