Patigi weather in December

In December, Patigi sees average daytime highs of 35°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 5th-warmest and 12th-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 70% 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 Patigi's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patigi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:48 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Patigi is LGA and settlement in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Founded
~16 CE

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 Patigi reaches about 35°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 33°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 Patigi

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.

Patigi 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
Jan35° / 21°10.211.53.2
Feb37° / 24°20.311.71.9
Mar38° / 26°8211.91.0
Apr37° / 26°356.712.21.4
May35° / 26°9215.212.42.2
Jun32° / 24°15020.812.52.8
Jul30° / 24°19424.512.53.1
Aug30° / 23°23424.112.33.3
Sep31° / 23°21023.112.13.1
Oct32° / 24°8413.511.83.6
Nov35° / 23°20.411.63.4
Dec35° / 21°00.111.53.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Patigi 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 0% 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 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1271315369
2281315358
3301315357
4321315346
5331315335
6351315325
7371415314
8391415303
9411415283
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19631611100
2066161080
2168151070
227015960
237214950
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Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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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 6:41 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:416:13
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311.56:426:13
411.56:426:13
511.56:436:14
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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 5.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Patigi

In seasonPeak

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

Patigi's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Patigi sees seasonal dust haze (December–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 Patigi?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Patigi in December

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

In December, Patigi sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Patigi 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 Patigi peaks around September 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 15UV 12Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Patigi 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 Patigi is worst in February — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 9110 µg/m³Jul 1827 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan108Unhealthy
Feb111Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May35Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct48Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Patigi?

Patigi sits at 8.7°N, 5.8°E, 123 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Lafiagi, 40 km away.

BaroLapaiMokwaOde

Topography around Patigi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patigi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m.

The land around Patigi is covered by shrubs (29%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), shrubs (24%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), shrubs (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
180 m
80 km
621 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Lafiagi 40 km · Bida 48 km · Isanlu-Itedoijowa 51 km · Egbe 63 km · Baro 74 km · Lapai 96 km · Mokwa 100 km · Ode 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
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 Patigi (8.7285°, 5.7556°, elevation 123 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).