Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In December its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Ar Rifā‘, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Ar Rifā‘ ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 20.9°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ar Rifā‘ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.7°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.0°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 33.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 20.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in DecemberBahrain · 5 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Manama in DecemberBahrain · 11 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in DecemberBahrain · 15 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Khobar in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Dammam in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Lusail in DecemberQatar · 124 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in DecemberQatar · 128 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 14 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ar Rifā‘) is explained once on the Ar Rifā‘ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Muharraq and Manama lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.