Climate averages 1991–2020
Yola weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Yola: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th 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 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimeta (8 km away). In December its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Yola, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yola ranks 9th 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; Yola is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 34.4°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
Yola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 67 | 11.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 34.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 105 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 109 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 51 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 34.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 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
- Jimeta in DecemberNigeria · 8 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Numan in DecemberNigeria · 57 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Jalingo in DecemberNigeria · 128 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Mubi in DecemberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Biu in DecemberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Guider in DecemberCameroon · 180 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Pindiga in DecemberNigeria · 189 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in DecemberCameroon · 242 kmHigh 30.4°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 Yola) is explained once on the Yola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Jimeta lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.