Eruwa weather in December

In December, Eruwa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:56 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Eruwa is town in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Founded
1830

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 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Eruwa reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°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 Eruwa

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.

Eruwa weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°102.911.63.8
Feb35° / 24°225.511.82.9
Mar34° / 25°5112.611.92.6
Apr33° / 24°8616.712.22.8
May32° / 24°14122.912.32.8
Jun30° / 23°17925.212.43.1
Jul29° / 23°17625.412.43.5
Aug28° / 22°16023.212.23.8
Sep29° / 23°16825.1123.3
Oct31° / 23°12021.311.83.3
Nov32° / 23°256.711.74.0
Dec33° / 23°7211.64.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26931
36931
47030
57030
67129
77228
87327
97426
107525
117624
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317822

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Eruwa gets around 7 mm of rain over 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 7% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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511
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113310767
213311766
314411746
424412735
524412744
635412724
735413723
845513703
955513702
1056514682
1166514672
1266514681
1376614661
1476615651
1586615641
1686616631
1797717591
1897718581
19107819561
20107820541
21107821540
22117922510
23118923490
241281023470
251381024450
261481024440
271481025420
281591025400
291791025390
301891025380
311991025370

Wind in December

Winds average 5 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 36 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 6:48 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:486:24
211.66:496:24
311.66:496:24
411.66:506:25
511.66:506:25
611.66:516:25
711.66:516:26
811.66:526:26
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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 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Eruwa

In seasonPeak

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

Eruwa's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Eruwa sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Eruwa?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Eruwa in December

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

In December, Eruwa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Eruwa 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 Eruwa peaks around April 9 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 12Dec 22UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Eruwa 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 Eruwa is worst in January — around 155 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 43 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 17153 µg/m³Jul 2443 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan155Very unhealthy
Feb144Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May56Unhealthy
Jun50Poor
Jul43Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep55Poor
Oct74Unhealthy
Nov89Unhealthy
Dec142Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Eruwa?

Eruwa sits at 7.5°N, 3.4°E, 186 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Orita-Eruwa, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Eruwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eruwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m.

The land around Eruwa is covered by trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (35%), trees (25%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
217 m
80 km
599 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Orita-Eruwa 3.0 km · Igbo-Ora 19 km · Igangan 31 km · Abeokuta 44 km · Iseyin 52 km · Ibadan 56 km · Fiditi 58 km · Oyo 66 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 Eruwa (7.5391°, 3.4245°, elevation 186 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).