Akwanga weather in December

In December, Akwanga sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Akwanga's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akwanga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:38 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
30%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10
← NovemberAkwanga year-round climateJanuary →Best places to visit in December
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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Akwanga reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Akwanga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 0°C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Akwanga weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°10.411.53.9
Feb35° / 21°40.711.72.8
Mar36° / 24°142.711.92.3
Apr34° / 25°508.212.22.9
May31° / 24°14718.212.43.4
Jun29° / 22°21524.212.53.5
Jul28° / 22°31129.312.53.4
Aug27° / 22°40229.812.33.4
Sep28° / 21°25325.712.13.5
Oct30° / 22°11118.511.84.0
Nov33° / 20°61.811.64.5
Dec34° / 18°10.111.54.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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67525
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Akwanga gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1512116102
2512116102
355201591
457191581
558191481
660181471
762171371
865161261
967151161
1070141051
1172131050
127512940
137711840
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Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:316:02
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311.56:326:02
411.56:326:03
511.56:336:03
611.56:336:03
711.56:346:04
811.56:346:04
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Akwanga

In seasonPeak

None of Akwanga's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Akwanga's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Akwanga sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Akwanga?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Akwanga for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Akwanga in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Akwanga sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Akwanga in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akwanga peaks around September 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 17UV 12Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Akwanga in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Akwanga is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1298 µg/m³Jul 2125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan90Unhealthy
Feb99Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct47Poor
Nov55Poor
Dec76Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Akwanga?

Akwanga sits at 8.9°N, 8.4°E, 454 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Wamba, 22 km away.

KafanchanKagoroNasarawaAbuja

Topography around Akwanga

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Akwanga.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akwanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 448 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 725 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,457 m.

The land around Akwanga is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (34%), cropland (24%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
725 m
80 km
1,457 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
← NovemberAkwanga year-round climateJanuary →Best places to visit in December
December weather nearby: Wamba 22 km · Lafia 48 km · Doma 58 km · Keffi 59 km · Kafanchan 76 km · Kagoro 78 km · Nasarawa 87 km · Abuja 101 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Akwanga (8.9108°, 8.4065°, elevation 454 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).