Climate averages 1991–2020
Yenagoa weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Yenagoa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ogbia (27 km away). In December its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Yenagoa, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yenagoa ranks joint 111th of 143 for the warmest December highs and 142nd of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 32.4°C; Yenagoa is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 61 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
Yenagoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 61 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 98 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 305 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 338 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 324 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 247 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 374 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 210 | 25.3 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 31.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 64 | 13.6 | 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
- Ogbia in DecemberNigeria · 27 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Ughelli in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Buguma in DecemberNigeria · 69 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in DecemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Warri in DecemberNigeria · 87 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Okrika in DecemberNigeria · 93 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Owerri in DecemberNigeria · 105 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Ihiala in DecemberNigeria · 122 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 16 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 Yenagoa) is explained once on the Yenagoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.