Climate averages 1991–2020
Amaigbo 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 Amaigbo: 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 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Afikpo (16 km away). In December its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Amaigbo, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Amaigbo ranks joint 30th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 98th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Amaigbo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.7 mm to 10 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
Amaigbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 70 | 13.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 142 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 191 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 219 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 225 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 227 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 246 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 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
- Afikpo in DecemberNigeria · 16 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in DecemberNigeria · 20 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ugep in DecemberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Bende in DecemberNigeria · 34 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Umuahia in DecemberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Okigwe in DecemberNigeria · 54 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Abakaliki in DecemberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 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 Amaigbo) is explained once on the Amaigbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.