Climate averages 1991–2020
Calabar weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Calabar: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esuk Oron (19 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Calabar, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Calabar ranks 116th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 136th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Calabar is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 40 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
Calabar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 40 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 71 | 15.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 187 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 281 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 400 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 422 | 30.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 389 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 395 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 194 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 30.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 47 | 12.6 | 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
- Esuk Oron in DecemberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Uyo in DecemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in DecemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in DecemberNigeria · 93 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ugep in DecemberNigeria · 98 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Bende in DecemberNigeria · 102 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Amaigbo in DecemberNigeria · 107 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Aba in DecemberNigeria · 108 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 44 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 Calabar) is explained once on the Calabar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.