Climate averages 1991–2020
Kagoro weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th 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 Kagoro: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 17.8°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 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafanchan (11 km away). In December its highs average 32.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kagoro, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kagoro ranks joint 111th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 35th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Kagoro is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.5°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
Kagoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 70 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 189 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 260 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 25.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 324 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 396 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 323 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 167 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 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
- Kafanchan in DecemberNigeria · 11 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Jos in DecemberNigeria · 66 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Lere in DecemberNigeria · 89 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Keffi in DecemberNigeria · 102 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Abuja in DecemberNigeria · 116 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Lafia in DecemberNigeria · 125 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Suleja in DecemberNigeria · 141 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kaduna in DecemberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.4 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 Kagoro) is explained once on the Kagoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.