Climate averages 1991–2020

Jalingo weather
in December.

A very hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.3°C Daytime mean, December

Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, December

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

December is a very hot month in Jalingo: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Numan (97 km away). In December its highs average 34.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Jalingo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jalingo ranks joint 15th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Jalingo is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs stay level at 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jalingo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jalingo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	34.3°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0	0.0	11.712 h
February	36.7°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0.3	0.1	11.812 h
March	38.5°C24.7°C	24.7°C	2.8	0.5	12.112 h
April	37.3°C26.7°C	26.7°C	20	4.0	12.312 h
May	34.3°C25.8°C	25.8°C	52	8.7	12.513 h
June	31.8°C24.5°C	24.5°C	53	8.5	12.613 h
July	29.5°C23.3°C	23.3°C	99	16.0	12.613 h
August	28.4°C22.7°C	22.7°C	183	21.6	12.412 h
September	29.3°C22.7°C	22.7°C	103	16.4	12.212 h
October	31.0°C23.0°C	23.0°C	48	8.4	11.912 h
November	34.3°C21.8°C	21.8°C	2.6	0.7	11.712 h
December, selected	34.3°C19.4°C	19.4°C	0	0.0	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

Distance from Jalingo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jalingo) is explained once on the Jalingo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.