Bama weather in December

In December, Bama sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bama's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bama's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:22 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical December day in Bama reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	15
22	32	15
23	31	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	15

How December really feels in Bama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 17 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Bama weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 15°	0	0	11.4	5.4
Feb	35° / 18°	0	0	11.6	3.4
Mar	39° / 22°	0	0.1	11.9	0.9
Apr	40° / 26°	5	1.6	12.2	0.0
May	39° / 27°	24	6.6	12.5	0.6
Jun	36° / 26°	41	9.3	12.7	2.0
Jul	33° / 24°	100	17.3	12.6	3.0
Aug	31° / 23°	179	21.9	12.4	3.3
Sep	32° / 23°	87	14.6	12.1	3.3
Oct	35° / 23°	20	4.5	11.7	2.6
Nov	35° / 19°	0	0.1	11.5	3.1
Dec	32° / 16°	0	0	11.3	5.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	77	77	77	78	77	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	23	23	23	22	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bama gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:48 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:14	5:36
2	11.4	6:14	5:36
3	11.4	6:15	5:37
4	11.4	6:15	5:37
5	11.4	6:16	5:37
6	11.4	6:16	5:38
7	11.3	6:17	5:38
8	11.3	6:17	5:38
9	11.3	6:18	5:39
10	11.3	6:18	5:39
11	11.3	6:19	5:39
12	11.3	6:20	5:40
13	11.3	6:20	5:40
14	11.3	6:21	5:40
15	11.3	6:21	5:41
16	11.3	6:22	5:41
17	11.3	6:22	5:42
18	11.3	6:23	5:42
19	11.3	6:23	5:43
20	11.3	6:24	5:43
21	11.3	6:24	5:43
22	11.3	6:24	5:44
23	11.3	6:25	5:44
24	11.3	6:25	5:45
25	11.3	6:26	5:45
26	11.3	6:26	5:46
27	11.3	6:27	5:46
28	11.3	6:27	5:47
29	11.3	6:28	5:47
30	11.3	6:28	5:48
31	11.3	6:28	5:48

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bama

In seasonPeak

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

Bama sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Bama?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bama in December

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

In December, Bama sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bama in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bama peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	10	12	11	9	9	11	13	11	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Bama 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 Bama is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	99	103	100	73	43	35	25	25	33	72	90	96
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	99	Unhealthy
Feb	103	Unhealthy
Mar	100	Unhealthy
Apr	73	Unhealthy
May	43	Poor
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	72	Unhealthy
Nov	90	Unhealthy
Dec	96	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bama?

Bama sits at 11.5°N, 13.7°E, 330 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gwoza, 49 km away.

Topography around Bama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 324 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,165 m.

The land around Bama is covered by cropland (38%), grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

cropland 38%

16 km

33 m

grassland 75%

80 km

1,165 m

grassland 73%

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← November Bama year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Gwoza 49 km · Dikwa 62 km · Maiduguri 68 km · Mora 72 km · Mokolo 87 km · Marte 95 km · Damboa 110 km · Gamboru 110 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

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 Bama (11.5213°, 13.6895°, elevation 330 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	15
22	32	15
23	31	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	15
22	32	15
23	31	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	15
20	32	15
21	32	15
22	32	15
23	31	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0