Climate averages 1991–2020
Ijebu-Igbo 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 Ijebu-Igbo: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Ijebu Ode (19 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ijebu-Igbo, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ijebu-Igbo ranks joint 85th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 116th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Ijebu-Igbo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 27 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
Ijebu-Igbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 27 | 7.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 47 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 104 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 240 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 251 | 28.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 239 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 202 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 247 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 213 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 75 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 32.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 7.6 | 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
- Ijebu Ode in DecemberNigeria · 19 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Shagamu in DecemberNigeria · 41 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Epe in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Ibadan in DecemberNigeria · 46 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Ikire in DecemberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Modakeke in DecemberNigeria · 54 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Lalupon in DecemberNigeria · 56 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Gbongan in DecemberNigeria · 68 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.4 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 Ijebu-Igbo) is explained once on the Ijebu-Igbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.