Bauchi weather in December

In December, Bauchi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. 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 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bauchi's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bauchi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:35 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
29%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Bauchi is city and local government area of Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical December day in Bauchi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Bauchi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bauchi weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 13°0011.56.7
Feb33° / 15°00.111.74.8
Mar36° / 19°10.311.92.7
Apr37° / 22°17412.21.8
May35° / 23°7312.212.52.5
Jun31° / 22°15921.412.63.4
Jul29° / 21°27227.112.53.5
Aug28° / 21°32328.312.33.5
Sep29° / 21°18523.512.13.7
Oct31° / 20°559.711.84.5
Nov32° / 16°10.111.55.2
Dec30° / 13°0011.46.7

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 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bauchi 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.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 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 6:27 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:275:54
211.46:285:54
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411.46:295:54
511.46:295:55
611.46:305:55
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1211.46:335:57
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1411.46:345:58
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1611.46:355:59
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1811.46:366:00
1911.46:366:00
2011.46:376:01
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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 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 6.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bauchi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Bauchi sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is December a good time to visit Bauchi?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bauchi in December

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

In December, Bauchi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bauchi 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 Bauchi peaks around August 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highExtremeVery highAug 21UV 12Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Bauchi 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 Bauchi is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 17106 µg/m³Jul 2327 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar102Unhealthy
Apr78Unhealthy
May49Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct55Poor
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec89Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bauchi?

Bauchi sits at 10.3°N, 9.8°E, 623 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Darazo, 99 km away.

DarazoGwaramJosDukkuPankshinBukuruPindigaKari

Topography around Bauchi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bauchi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 616 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 673 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,167 m.

The land around Bauchi is covered by artificial surfaces (72%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
673 m
80 km
1,167 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Darazo 99 km · Gwaram 108 km · Jos 113 km · Dukku 116 km · Pankshin 118 km · Bukuru 122 km · Pindiga 127 km · Kari 130 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 Bauchi (10.3103°, 9.8439°, elevation 623 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).