Climate averages 1991–2020
Buguma weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Buguma: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port Harcourt (17 km away). In December its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Buguma, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Buguma ranks joint 121st of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 140th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Buguma is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 57 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
Buguma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 57 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 90 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 292 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 354 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 327 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 259 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 337 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 349 | 30.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 187 | 26.6 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 62 | 15.8 | 11.912 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
- Port Harcourt in DecemberNigeria · 17 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Okrika in DecemberNigeria · 25 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Ogbia in DecemberNigeria · 61 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Yenagoa in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Aba in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Owerri in DecemberNigeria · 85 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in DecemberNigeria · 107 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Umuahia in DecemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 17 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 Buguma) is explained once on the Buguma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.