Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Benin City: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In December its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 93rd of 143 for the warmest December highs and 119th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Benin City is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 33 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
Benin City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 59 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 205 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 295 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 29.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 266 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 309 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 263 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 93 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 31.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 28 | 8.5 | 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
- Sapele in DecemberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Uromi in DecemberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Warri in DecemberNigeria · 92 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Owo in DecemberNigeria · 96 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Idanre in DecemberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ughelli in DecemberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Akure in DecemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Ondo in DecemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 21 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 Benin City) is explained once on the Benin City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.