Igboho weather in December

In December, Igboho sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.5 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 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 Igboho's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igboho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:57 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
30%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Igboho is town/place in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Founded
1550

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 Igboho reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°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 on par with 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 Igboho

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.

Igboho 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
Jan33° / 20°30.611.54.2
Feb35° / 22°61.611.73.1
Mar35° / 24°30611.92.4
Apr34° / 24°7613.112.22.6
May32° / 23°13420.612.42.9
Jun30° / 22°1502212.53.4
Jul29° / 22°1822512.53.6
Aug28° / 22°19724.712.33.8
Sep29° / 22°19324.312.13.3
Oct31° / 22°9916.911.83.6
Nov33° / 22°82.111.64.0
Dec33° / 20°10.311.54.4

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
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67822
77822
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98020
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Igboho gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 2% 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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1241122385
2251122374
3271121364
4291121354
5301121344
6321120333
7341120323
8361119313
9381119292
10401119282
11421218262
12441218252
13461217231
14481317221
15501316201
16521315191
17541414171
18571413151
19581413141
20621412120
21631412110
22651411100
2366141190
2468141080
2570131070
267113970
277212970
287312870
297411870
307411870
317510870

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 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 6:49 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:496:20
211.56:506:21
311.56:506:21
411.56:516:21
511.56:516:22
611.56:526:22
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Igboho

In seasonPeak

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

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

Igboho 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 Igboho?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Igboho in December

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

In December, Igboho sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Igboho 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 Igboho peaks around April 10 at about 13 (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 highApr 10UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Igboho 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 Igboho is worst in February — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1094 µg/m³Jul 2221 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb96Unhealthy
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May30Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct43Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Igboho?

Igboho sits at 8.8°N, 3.8°E, 405 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kisi, 29 km away.

OkutaKaiamaIlorinOgbomosoIseyin

Topography around Igboho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igboho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m.

The land around Igboho is covered by shrubs (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%), cropland (30%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
182 m
80 km
360 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Kisi 29 km · Igbeti 42 km · Saki 44 km · Okuta 74 km · Kaiama 88 km · Ilorin 94 km · Ogbomoso 95 km · Iseyin 98 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 Igboho (8.8378°, 3.7563°, elevation 405 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).