Egbe weather in December

In December, Egbe sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-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 68% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Egbe's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Egbe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:48 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
30%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Egbe is Yoruba town in central Nigeria.

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

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 Egbe reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Egbe

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 ≤ 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.

Egbe weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°20.611.63.5
Feb36° / 23°51.311.72.4
Mar37° / 24°235.411.91.9
Apr35° / 24°6112.112.22.2
May33° / 24°12420.112.42.6
Jun31° / 23°17623.612.53.0
Jul29° / 22°18025.212.43.3
Aug29° / 22°21124.312.33.5
Sep30° / 22°20625.7123.0
Oct31° / 22°12219.511.83.3
Nov34° / 22°82.111.63.8
Dec34° / 21°10.211.53.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37426
47426
57525
67624
77624
87723
97822
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Egbe gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% 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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1151219468
2171219457
3181219446
4201219436
5221220425
6231220404
7251220394
8271221373
9291221363
10301221342
11321222322
12341222302
13351322281
14371422261
15391422241
16411522221
17431521191
18451621171
19481621151
20501620141
21521620120
22541619110
23551619100
2457161890
2560151780
2660151780
2762151670
2863141670
2964141570
3065131570
3166131470

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
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67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:416:14
211.66:426:15
311.56:426:15
411.56:426:15
511.56:436:16
611.56:436:16
711.56:446:16
811.56:446:17
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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 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Egbe

In seasonPeak

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

Egbe's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Egbe sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Egbe?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Egbe. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Egbe in December

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

In December, Egbe sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Egbe in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Egbe peaks around September 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 16UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Egbe 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 Egbe is worst in February — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 8145 µg/m³Jul 1735 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb145Unhealthy
Mar81Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May43Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug38Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov91Unhealthy
Dec122Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Egbe?

Egbe sits at 8.2°N, 5.5°E, 351 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Isanlu-Itedoijowa, 37 km away.

Topography around Egbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Egbe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 352 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 728 m.

The land around Egbe is covered by trees (37%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), trees (33%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
374 m
80 km
728 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Isanlu-Itedoijowa 37 km · Ode 53 km · Ipoti 61 km · Patigi 63 km · Oke Ila 65 km · Ijero-Ekiti 66 km · Ila Orangun 70 km · Lafiagi 71 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 Egbe (8.219°, 5.5076°, elevation 351 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).