Kari weather in December

In December, Kari sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kari's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kari's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:34 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Kari is human settlement in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kari reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

How December really feels in Kari

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 4 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kari weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 15°	0	0	11.4	6.4
Feb	33° / 18°	0	0	11.6	4.3
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0	11.9	1.8
Apr	39° / 25°	4	1.1	12.2	0.8
May	37° / 26°	31	6.4	12.5	1.5
Jun	34° / 24°	70	13.1	12.6	2.8
Jul	31° / 23°	188	23	12.6	3.3
Aug	30° / 22°	252	25	12.4	3.4
Sep	31° / 22°	113	17.3	12.1	3.7
Oct	33° / 22°	28	5.2	11.7	3.8
Nov	33° / 19°	0	0	11.5	4.2
Dec	31° / 16°	0	0	11.4	6.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	74	74	74	75	75	75	76	77	77	78	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	82	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kari gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 18 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 6:26 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:26	5:49
2	11.4	6:26	5:49
3	11.4	6:27	5:50
4	11.4	6:27	5:50
5	11.4	6:28	5:50
6	11.4	6:28	5:51
7	11.4	6:29	5:51
8	11.4	6:29	5:51
9	11.4	6:30	5:52
10	11.4	6:31	5:52
11	11.4	6:31	5:52
12	11.4	6:32	5:53
13	11.3	6:32	5:53
14	11.3	6:33	5:53
15	11.3	6:33	5:54
16	11.3	6:34	5:54
17	11.3	6:34	5:55
18	11.3	6:35	5:55
19	11.3	6:35	5:56
20	11.3	6:36	5:56
21	11.3	6:36	5:56
22	11.3	6:37	5:57
23	11.3	6:37	5:57
24	11.3	6:37	5:58
25	11.3	6:38	5:58
26	11.3	6:38	5:59
27	11.3	6:39	5:59
28	11.3	6:39	6:00
29	11.3	6:40	6:00
30	11.3	6:40	6:01
31	11.3	6:40	6:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kari

In seasonPeak

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

Kari's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kari sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Kari?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kari in December

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

In December, Kari sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kari 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 Kari peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	10	11	10	10	11	13	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Kari 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 Kari is worst in February — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	101	109	104	82	53	44	29	29	36	57	66	93
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	101	Unhealthy
Feb	109	Unhealthy
Mar	104	Unhealthy
Apr	82	Unhealthy
May	53	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	66	Unhealthy
Dec	93	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kari?

Kari sits at 11.2°N, 10.6°E, 408 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Darazo, 32 km away.

Topography around Kari

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 418 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 503 m.

The land around Kari is covered by cropland (92%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

cropland 92%

16 km

159 m

cropland 73%

80 km

503 m

cropland 72%

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← November Kari year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Darazo 32 km · Dukku 52 km · Azare 62 km · Gwaram 74 km · Potiskum 77 km · Nafada 86 km · Daura 98 km · Chakwama 104 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

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 Kari (11.2471°, 10.561°, elevation 408 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0