Jebba weather in December

In December, Jebba sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 71% 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 Jebba's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jebba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
7th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:53 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Jebba is city 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 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Jebba reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Jebba

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.

Jebba weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°10.211.53.5
Feb37° / 23°20.611.72.1
Mar38° / 25°92.311.91.2
Apr37° / 26°377.112.21.5
May35° / 25°9415.312.42.2
Jun32° / 24°13019.212.52.9
Jul30° / 23°17122.312.53.3
Aug30° / 23°2072312.33.5
Sep31° / 23°18622.212.13.2
Oct33° / 23°6811.611.83.5
Nov35° / 23°10.511.63.4
Dec34° / 21°00.111.53.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)
17723
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Jebba gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1261420346
2281420335
3301420324
4321419314
5331419303
6351418293
7371418283
8391418272
9411417252
10431517242
11451516222
12471516201
13491515191
14521515171
15541514161
16571513141
17591513121
18611512111
1964151191
2066141181
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2270141051
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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
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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 6:45 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:456:16
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311.56:466:16
411.56:476:17
511.56:476:17
611.56:486:17
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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 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Jebba

In seasonPeak

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

Jebba's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Jebba 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 Jebba?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Jebba in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jebba 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 Jebba peaks around September 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highSep 14UV 12Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Jebba 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 Jebba is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 8106 µg/m³Jul 2025 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan105Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May35Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct49Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jebba?

Jebba sits at 9.1°N, 4.8°E, 100 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Bode Saadu, 21 km away.

IlorinIgbetiKisiOffaKaiama

Topography around Jebba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jebba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 139 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m.

The land around Jebba is covered by shrubs (27%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
223 m
16 km
234 m
80 km
465 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Bode Saadu 21 km · Mokwa 32 km · Lafiagi 72 km · Ilorin 76 km · Igbeti 87 km · Kisi 107 km · Offa 109 km · Kaiama 111 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 Jebba (9.1197°, 4.8236°, elevation 100 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).