Rano weather in December

In December, Rano sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Rano's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rano's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:42 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical December day in Rano reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

How December really feels in Rano

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Rano weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 14°	0	0	11.4	7.2
Feb	32° / 16°	0	0	11.6	5.2
Mar	36° / 20°	0	0.1	11.9	2.7
Apr	38° / 24°	6	1.7	12.2	1.5
May	36° / 25°	42	7.7	12.5	2.0
Jun	33° / 24°	75	14.3	12.7	3.3
Jul	30° / 23°	141	20.4	12.6	3.7
Aug	29° / 22°	211	24.2	12.4	3.6
Sep	30° / 22°	129	17.7	12.1	3.9
Oct	33° / 21°	28	5.4	11.7	4.1
Nov	33° / 17°	0	0	11.5	4.8
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.3	6.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 19%. 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 (%)	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Rano 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	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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
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	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	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 6:34 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:09 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	11.3	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:34	5:57
2	11.4	6:35	5:57
3	11.4	6:35	5:57
4	11.4	6:36	5:57
5	11.4	6:36	5:58
6	11.4	6:37	5:58
7	11.3	6:37	5:58
8	11.3	6:38	5:59
9	11.3	6:38	5:59
10	11.3	6:39	5:59
11	11.3	6:40	6:00
12	11.3	6:40	6:00
13	11.3	6:41	6:00
14	11.3	6:41	6:01
15	11.3	6:42	6:01
16	11.3	6:42	6:02
17	11.3	6:43	6:02
18	11.3	6:43	6:02
19	11.3	6:44	6:03
20	11.3	6:44	6:03
21	11.3	6:45	6:04
22	11.3	6:45	6:04
23	11.3	6:45	6:05
24	11.3	6:46	6:05
25	11.3	6:46	6:06
26	11.3	6:47	6:06
27	11.3	6:47	6:07
28	11.3	6:48	6:07
29	11.3	6:48	6:08
30	11.3	6:49	6:08
31	11.3	6:49	6:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.93 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Rano

In seasonPeak

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

Rano's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rano sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Rano?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rano in December

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

In December, Rano sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rano 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 Rano peaks around August 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (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)	8	9	10	11	9	10	11	12	11	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Rano 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 Rano is worst in February — around 140 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (July, 36 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)	133	140	132	101	63	49	36	39	60	95	109	126
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	133	Unhealthy
Feb	140	Unhealthy
Mar	132	Unhealthy
Apr	101	Unhealthy
May	63	Unhealthy
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	95	Unhealthy
Nov	109	Unhealthy
Dec	126	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rano?

Rano sits at 11.6°N, 8.6°E, 526 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Wudil, 40 km away.

Topography around Rano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rano has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 529 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 759 m.

The land around Rano is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

153 m

grassland 52%

16 km

306 m

cropland 65%

80 km

759 m

cropland 75%

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

December weather nearby: Wudil 40 km · Kano 50 km · Gaya 57 km · Anchau 69 km · Gwarzo 81 km · Dutse 86 km · Soba 86 km · Dutsen Wai 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

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 Rano (11.5568°, 8.5807°, elevation 526 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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	15
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	31	15
8	30	15
9	30	15
10	30	15
11	30	15
12	30	15
13	30	15
14	30	14
15	30	14
16	30	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	14
23	29	14
24	29	13
25	29	13
26	29	13
27	28	13
28	28	13
29	28	13
30	28	13
31	28	13

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

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

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

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

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

	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	99	1
4	99	1
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