Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sapele: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 95th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Sapele is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 41 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 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
- Warri in DecemberNigeria · 43 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Benin City in DecemberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Ughelli in DecemberNigeria · 58 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Uromi in DecemberNigeria · 115 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Atani in DecemberNigeria · 119 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Asaba in DecemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Onitsha in DecemberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Yenagoa in DecemberNigeria · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 64 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.