Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashmūn 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 Ashmūn: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirs al Layyānah (16 km away). In December its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Ashmūn, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ashmūn ranks joint 63rd of 107 for the warmest December highs and 62nd of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Ashmūn is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 3.5 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
Ashmūn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 20.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 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
- Sirs al Layyānah in DecemberEgypt · 16 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Munūf in DecemberEgypt · 19 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in DecemberEgypt · 19 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Awsīm in DecemberEgypt · 25 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Qalyub in DecemberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Banhā in DecemberEgypt · 27 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in DecemberEgypt · 29 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ash-Shaykh Zāyid in DecemberEgypt · 31 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 1.6 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 Ashmūn) is explained once on the Ashmūn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.