Climate averages 1991–2020

Sokoto weather
in December.

A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.2°C Daytime mean, December

Average low 18.6°C Night-time mean, December

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

December is a hot month in Sokoto: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th 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 22 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (82 km away). In December its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Sokoto, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks joint 85th 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; Sokoto is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 31.6°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

Sokoto climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sokoto, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	31.6°C17.7°C	17.7°C	0	0.0	11.411 h
February	34.8°C20.1°C	20.1°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March	38.5°C23.5°C	23.5°C	0.4	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.5°C26.6°C	26.6°C	2.6	0.9	12.412 h
May	39.4°C27.8°C	27.8°C	21	4.9	12.713 h
June	36.9°C26.7°C	26.7°C	33	8.0	12.913 h
July	33.1°C24.7°C	24.7°C	82	14.2	12.813 h
August	30.6°C23.5°C	23.5°C	171	18.8	12.613 h
September	32.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	68	9.2	12.212 h
October	35.7°C23.9°C	23.9°C	13	2.9	11.812 h
November	35.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
December, selected	32.2°C18.6°C	18.6°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

Distance from Sokoto

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 Sokoto) is explained once on the Sokoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.