Climate averages 1991–2020
Umuahia weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Umuahia: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bende (16 km away). In December its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Umuahia, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Umuahia ranks joint 72nd of 143 for the warmest December highs and 113th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Umuahia is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 17 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
Umuahia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 36 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 103 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 179 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 233 | 28.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 262 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 275 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 249 | 27.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 291 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 274 | 29.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 94 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 32.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 17 | 4.5 | 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
- Bende in DecemberNigeria · 16 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in DecemberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Okigwe in DecemberNigeria · 37 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in DecemberNigeria · 45 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Amaigbo in DecemberNigeria · 48 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Aba in DecemberNigeria · 49 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Owerri in DecemberNigeria · 51 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Afikpo in DecemberNigeria · 64 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.4 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 Umuahia) is explained once on the Umuahia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.