Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Minshāh weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Al Minshāh: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sohag (14 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Al Minshāh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Minshāh ranks 11th of 107 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Al Minshāh is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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 Minshāh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 22.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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
- Sohag in DecemberEgypt · 14 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Girga in DecemberEgypt · 18 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Juhaynah in DecemberEgypt · 38 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ţahţā in DecemberEgypt · 44 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in DecemberEgypt · 59 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ţimā in DecemberEgypt · 60 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in DecemberEgypt · 65 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Abū Tīj in DecemberEgypt · 79 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.3 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 Minshāh) is explained once on the Al Minshāh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sohag lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.