Climate averages 1991–2020
Arīsh weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th 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 Arīsh: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafaḩ (46 km away). In December its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Arīsh, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Arīsh ranks joint 103rd of 107 for the warmest December highs and 107th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Arīsh is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 45 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
Arīsh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 5.8 | 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
- Rafaḩ in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 46 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 54 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Gaza in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 76 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Ashkelon in DecemberIsrael · 95 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Beersheba in DecemberIsrael · 95 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ashdod in DecemberIsrael · 109 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Reẖovot in DecemberIsrael · 128 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Hebron in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 131 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 28 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 Arīsh) is explained once on the Arīsh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.