Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest 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 Al Maḩallah al Kubrá: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Mansurah (22 km away). In December its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Al Maḩallah al Kubrá, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Maḩallah al Kubrá ranks joint 48th of 107 for the warmest December highs and 87th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Al Maḩallah al Kubrá is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.3 mm to 8.7 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
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 8.7 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 9.3 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 20.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 4.3 | 1.6 | 10.210 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
- Al Mansurah in DecemberEgypt · 22 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ţalkhā in DecemberEgypt · 22 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Biyalā in DecemberEgypt · 23 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Tanta in DecemberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Kafr ash Shaykh in DecemberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Zefta in DecemberEgypt · 29 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Mīt Ghamr in DecemberEgypt · 30 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- As Sinbillāwayn in DecemberEgypt · 30 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 4.2 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 Al Maḩallah al Kubrá) is explained once on the Al Maḩallah al Kubrá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.