Okuta weather in December

In December, Okuta sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 69% 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 Okuta's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Okuta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:59 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Okuta 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 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Okuta 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 31°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 Okuta

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.

Okuta weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°20.211.54.4
Feb35° / 22°51.111.73.0
Mar36° / 24°214.211.92.2
Apr35° / 24°6411.912.22.4
May33° / 23°12919.912.42.8
Jun31° / 22°15021.112.53.4
Jul29° / 22°1962512.53.5
Aug28° / 22°23826.312.33.4
Sep30° / 22°21524.312.13.2
Oct32° / 22°8814.911.83.5
Nov34° / 21°41.211.63.8
Dec33° / 20°10.111.54.4

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
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48119
58119
68119
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Okuta gets around 1 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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1341727201
2361726201
3371726191
4391725181
5411624171
6431623171
7451622161
8471621151
9491620141
10501619141
11531518131
12551517121
13581516110
14611415100
1563141490
1666131380
1768131270
1871121160
1973121050
207611940
217810840
228010730
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Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
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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 6:52 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:526:22
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311.56:536:23
411.56:536:23
511.56:546:23
611.56:546:23
711.56:556:24
811.56:556:24
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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 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.82 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 Okuta

In seasonPeak

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

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

Okuta 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 Okuta?

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 Okuta for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Okuta in December

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Okuta in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Okuta peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highMar 22UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Okuta 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 Okuta is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1183 µg/m³Aug 1017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar49Poor
Apr41Poor
May25Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Okuta?

Okuta sits at 9.2°N, 3.2°E, 403 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Parakou, 64 km away.

IgbohoTchaourouNikkiNdali

Topography around Okuta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Okuta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 333 m.

The land around Okuta is covered by shrubs (47%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
333 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Parakou 64 km · Saki 65 km · Pèrèrè 69 km · Kisi 73 km · Igboho 74 km · Tchaourou 76 km · Nikki 80 km · Ndali 89 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 Okuta (9.2187°, 3.2012°, elevation 403 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).