Climate averages 1991–2020
Epe weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Epe: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ijebu Ode (27 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Epe, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Epe ranks 120th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 128th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Epe is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 30 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
Epe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 30 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 46 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 95 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 141 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 229 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 308 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 267 | 26.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 230 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 27.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 86 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 33 | 11.1 | 11.712 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
- Ijebu Ode in DecemberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ijebu-Igbo in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Shagamu in DecemberNigeria · 47 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in DecemberNigeria · 55 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Lekki in DecemberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Lagos in DecemberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Agege in DecemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Ajegunle in DecemberNigeria · 74 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 32 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 Epe) is explained once on the Epe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.