Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifo weather
in December.
A hot, fairly 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 Ifo: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ota (15 km away). In December its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Ifo, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ifo ranks joint 87th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 121st of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Ifo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 32 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
Ifo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 32 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 49 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 96 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 139 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 218 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 243 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 186 | 26.4 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 202 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 202 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 86 | 19.0 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 32.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 31 | 9.6 | 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
- Ota in DecemberNigeria · 15 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Agege in DecemberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Alasia in DecemberNigeria · 38 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Ebute Ikorodu in DecemberNigeria · 40 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Abeokuta in DecemberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ajegunle in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Irewe in DecemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Lagos in DecemberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 33 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 Ifo) is explained once on the Ifo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ota lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.