Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsá Maţrūḩ weather
in December.
A mild, very 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alexandria (255 km away). In December its highs average 19.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Marsá Maţrūḩ, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Marsá Maţrūḩ ranks 107th of 107 for the warmest December highs and 95th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Marsá Maţrūḩ is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.5 mm to 11 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
Marsá Maţrūḩ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 18.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 9.5 | 2.8 | 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
- Alexandria in DecemberEgypt · 255 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kafr ad Dawwār in DecemberEgypt · 276 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Idkū in DecemberEgypt · 291 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in DecemberEgypt · 295 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Rosetta in DecemberEgypt · 302 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Damanhur in DecemberEgypt · 309 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Fuwwah in DecemberEgypt · 315 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Tobruk in DecemberLibya · 321 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 17 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ) is explained once on the Marsá Maţrūḩ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.