Benin City Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Benin City, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on December 1 to 30°C on December 31, and lows from 22°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 30°C
Average low: 20°C
Precipitation: 16 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 18, 1999
Reanalysis low: 14°CDec 25, 2007
Daylight: 11 h 47 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover: 39%
Humidity: 78%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 5.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	30°C	22°C	32°C 2014	15°C 2011	27%
Dec 2	30°C	22°C	32°C 1999	15°C 2011	25%
Dec 3	30°C	21°C	32°C 1999	14°C 2011	24%
Dec 4	30°C	21°C	32°C 1999	17°C 2011	23%
Dec 5	30°C	21°C	33°C 1999	17°C 2011	22%
Dec 6	30°C	21°C	32°C 2014	17°C 2000	21%
Dec 7	30°C	21°C	32°C 2014	16°C 1994	19%
Dec 8	30°C	21°C	32°C 1999	16°C 1994	18%
Dec 9	30°C	21°C	32°C 1999	15°C 1994	16%
Dec 10	30°C	21°C	32°C 2015	15°C 2011	14%
Dec 11	30°C	21°C	32°C 2015	15°C 2011	13%
Dec 12	30°C	21°C	32°C 1999	15°C 1994	12%
Dec 13	30°C	21°C	32°C 2005	15°C 1994	10%
Dec 14	30°C	20°C	32°C 2005	15°C 1994	9%
Dec 15	30°C	20°C	33°C 2005	15°C 2011	9%
Dec 16	30°C	20°C	32°C 1999	15°C 2015	8%
Dec 17	30°C	20°C	33°C 1999	14°C 2000	7%
Dec 18	30°C	20°C	34°C 1999	14°C 2013	6%
Dec 19	30°C	20°C	33°C 1999	15°C 2013	6%
Dec 20	30°C	20°C	33°C 1999	15°C 2013	5%
Dec 21	30°C	20°C	33°C 1999	15°C 2007	5%
Dec 22	30°C	20°C	34°C 1999	15°C 2007	4%
Dec 23	30°C	20°C	34°C 1999	15°C 2007	4%
Dec 24	30°C	20°C	34°C 1999	14°C 2002	4%
Dec 25	30°C	20°C	32°C 1999	14°C 2007	4%
Dec 26	30°C	20°C	32°C 2015	15°C 2002	4%
Dec 27	30°C	19°C	32°C 2015	15°C 2002	4%
Dec 28	30°C	19°C	32°C 2015	15°C 2002	4%
Dec 29	30°C	19°C	32°C 2005	16°C 2012	4%
Dec 30	30°C	19°C	33°C 2005	15°C 2002	4%
Dec 31	30°C	19°C	33°C 1999	14°C 2002	4%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1: sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 6:20 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 6:33 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.