Igbor weather in December

In December, Igbor sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Igbor's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Igbor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:35 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
33%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Igbor is human settlement in 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 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Igbor reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°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 Igbor

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.

Igbor weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 23°10.211.62.9
Feb37° / 25°60.811.81.9
Mar37° / 26°172.711.91.7
Apr35° / 26°507.612.22.3
May33° / 25°10214.512.33.0
Jun31° / 24°13119.112.43.3
Jul30° / 23°17124.112.43.3
Aug29° / 23°20425.412.23.3
Sep30° / 23°18324.3123.2
Oct31° / 23°10716.511.83.7
Nov33° / 23°102.211.73.9
Dec35° / 23°10.311.63.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
37030
47129
57228
67327
77426
87426
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Igbor gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1228103427
2248103325
3258103323
4278103322
5299103220
6309113119
7329113117
8349113016
93610112914
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15481112217
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
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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 6:27 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:276:03
211.66:286:04
311.66:286:04
411.66:296:04
511.66:296:05
611.66:306:05
711.66:306:05
811.66:316:06
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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 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Igbor

In seasonPeak

In December, Igbor sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Igbor sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Igbor?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Igbor in December

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

In December, Igbor sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Igbor in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Igbor peaks around September 18 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 18UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Igbor 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 Igbor is worst in January — around 130 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 16128 µg/m³Jul 1730 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan130Unhealthy
Feb109Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May37Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec112Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Igbor?

Igbor sits at 7.5°N, 8.6°E, 212 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Makurdi, 33 km away.

Katsina-AlaOgojaObuduDomaEffiumOtukpa

Topography around Igbor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igbor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m.

The land around Igbor is covered by cropland (43%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
483 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Makurdi 33 km · Gboko 46 km · Katsina-Ala 81 km · Ogoja 91 km · Obudu 107 km · Doma 108 km · Effium 110 km · Otukpa 112 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 Igbor (7.4512°, 8.6081°, elevation 212 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).