Climate averages 1991–2020
Madīnat as Sādāt 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 Madīnat as Sādāt: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 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 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Munūf (42 km away). In December its highs average 20.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Madīnat as Sādāt, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Madīnat as Sādāt ranks joint 92nd of 107 for the warmest December highs and joint 43rd of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Madīnat as Sādāt is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 2.3 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
Madīnat as Sādāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 19.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 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
- Munūf in DecemberEgypt · 42 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Sirs al Layyānah in DecemberEgypt · 45 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ash Shuhadā’ in DecemberEgypt · 45 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ashmūn in DecemberEgypt · 46 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in DecemberEgypt · 52 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Talā in DecemberEgypt · 54 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Kafr az Zayyāt in DecemberEgypt · 59 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in DecemberEgypt · 60 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 6.8 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 Madīnat as Sādāt) is explained once on the Madīnat as Sādāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.