Climate averages 1991–2020

Fāqūs 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.

Average high 21.1°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 10.4°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 3.5 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Fāqūs · average highYear overview

December is a mild month in Fāqūs: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 3.5 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 12 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū Kabīr (12 km away). In December its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Fāqūs, with 3.5 mm of rain.

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Fāqūs ranks joint 22nd of 107 for the warmest December highs and joint 76th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Fāqūs is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 5.9 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Fāqūs climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Fāqūs, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.4°C8.5°C8.5°C5.91.710.410 h
February 20.8°C8.8°C8.8°C7.22.211.111 h
March 24.3°C10.6°C10.6°C5.71.112.012 h
April 28.5°C13.1°C13.1°C2.70.712.913 h
May 32.5°C16.5°C16.5°C0.90.313.714 h
June 35.5°C19.4°C19.4°C0.10.014.114 h
July 36.3°C21.3°C21.3°C00.013.914 h
August 36.0°C21.9°C21.9°C00.013.313 h
September 34.2°C20.7°C20.7°C0.10.012.412 h
October 30.7°C18.2°C18.2°C2.70.611.411 h
November 25.6°C14.3°C14.3°C3.71.010.611 h
December, selected 21.1°C10.4°C10.4°C3.50.910.210 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

Distance from Fāqūs

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fāqūs) is explained once on the Fāqūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Abū Kabīr lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.