Climate averages 1991–2020
Jega weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Jega: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th 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 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In December its highs average 33.5°C, about as warm as Jega, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks joint 23rd 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; Jega is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Jega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 34 | 6.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 57 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Birnin Kebbi in DecemberNigeria · 32 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Sokoto in DecemberNigeria · 132 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Dosso in DecemberNiger · 158 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in DecemberNiger · 199 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Kontagora in DecemberNigeria · 235 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Gusau in DecemberNigeria · 248 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Niamey in DecemberNiger · 285 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Tahoua in DecemberNiger · 312 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 0 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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.