Climate averages 1991–2020
Ikot Ekpene weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Ikot Ekpene: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry 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 Uyo (28 km away). In December its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Ikot Ekpene, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene ranks joint 95th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 118th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Ikot Ekpene is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 23 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
Ikot Ekpene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 23 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 33.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 46 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 128 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 208 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 260 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 304 | 29.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 319 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 290 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 337 | 29.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 320 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 133 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 6.9 | 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
- Uyo in DecemberNigeria · 28 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Aba in DecemberNigeria · 39 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Bende in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Umuahia in DecemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in DecemberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Amaigbo in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Calabar in DecemberNigeria · 72 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in DecemberNigeria · 73 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 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 Ikot Ekpene) is explained once on the Ikot Ekpene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.