Sokoto weather in December

In December, Sokoto sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. 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 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sokoto's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokoto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:58 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 1st clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Sokoto is a city in Nigeria, capital of Sokoto State.

Density: 7,172/km²; people per km²

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 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical December day in Sokoto reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	20
2	34	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

How December really feels in Sokoto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 20 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.

Sokoto 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	32° / 18°	0	0	11.3	5.4
Feb	35° / 21°	0	0	11.6	3.3
Mar	39° / 25°	0	0.2	11.9	0.8
Apr	41° / 28°	3	0.9	12.3	0.0
May	39° / 28°	21	4.9	12.6	0.5
Jun	36° / 27°	33	8	12.8	2.1
Jul	33° / 25°	83	14.3	12.7	3.2
Aug	31° / 24°	171	18.8	12.4	3.5
Sep	33° / 24°	68	9.2	12.1	3.7
Oct	36° / 24°	13	2.9	11.7	2.6
Nov	35° / 21°	0	0	11.4	3.1
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.2	5.0

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 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sokoto 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 (%)	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	100	100

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

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 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 6:50 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:19 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:50	6:07
2	11.3	6:51	6:08
3	11.3	6:51	6:08
4	11.3	6:52	6:08
5	11.3	6:52	6:08
6	11.3	6:53	6:09
7	11.3	6:53	6:09
8	11.3	6:54	6:09
9	11.3	6:54	6:10
10	11.2	6:55	6:10
11	11.2	6:56	6:10
12	11.2	6:56	6:11
13	11.2	6:57	6:11
14	11.2	6:57	6:11
15	11.2	6:58	6:12
16	11.2	6:58	6:12
17	11.2	6:59	6:13
18	11.2	6:59	6:13
19	11.2	7:00	6:14
20	11.2	7:00	6:14
21	11.2	7:01	6:14
22	11.2	7:01	6:15
23	11.2	7:02	6:15
24	11.2	7:02	6:16
25	11.2	7:02	6:16
26	11.2	7:03	6:17
27	11.2	7:03	6:17
28	11.2	7:04	6:18
29	11.2	7:04	6:18
30	11.2	7:05	6:19
31	11.2	7:05	6:19

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sokoto

In seasonPeak

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

Sokoto sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Sokoto?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sokoto in December

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

In December, Sokoto sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sokoto in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sokoto peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (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	8	10	11	10	11	11	13	11	10	9	6
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Sokoto 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 Sokoto is worst in February — around 105 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 22 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)	96	105	98	76	45	34	23	22	30	53	69	89
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	96	Unhealthy
Feb	105	Unhealthy
Mar	98	Unhealthy
Apr	76	Unhealthy
May	45	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	69	Unhealthy
Dec	89	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sokoto?

Sokoto sits at 13.1°N, 5.2°E, 296 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gwadabawa, 33 km away.

Topography around Sokoto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokoto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 274 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m.

The land around Sokoto is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

93 m

cropland 67%

80 km

192 m

cropland 50%

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

December weather nearby: Gwadabawa 33 km · Illela 75 km · Birni N Konni 82 km · Argungu 85 km · Tambuwal 98 km · Gummi 103 km · Talata Mafara 104 km · Birnin Kebbi 132 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 Sokoto (13.0627°, 5.2432°, elevation 296 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	34	20
2	34	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	20
2	34	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	20
2	34	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	31	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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