Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilorin weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Ilorin: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offa (43 km away). In December its highs average 33.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Ilorin, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Ilorin ranks joint 10th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 38th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Ilorin is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.0 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
Ilorin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 36.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 50 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 87 | 15.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 115 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 152 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 157 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 78 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Offa in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ogbomoso in DecemberNigeria · 52 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Oyan in DecemberNigeria · 55 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ikirun in DecemberNigeria · 66 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in DecemberNigeria · 67 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Ejigbo in DecemberNigeria · 71 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ilobu in DecemberNigeria · 73 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Inisa in DecemberNigeria · 76 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 5.7 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 Ilorin) is explained once on the Ilorin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.