Climate averages 1991–2020
Suez weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the joint 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 Suez: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 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 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ismailia (74 km away). In December its highs average 20.5°C, about as warm as Suez, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Suez ranks joint 88th of 107 for the warmest December highs and 63rd of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Suez is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 4.4 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
Suez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.2 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 36.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 10.310 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
- Ismailia in DecemberEgypt · 74 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān in DecemberEgypt · 83 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- El Shorouk in DecemberEgypt · 90 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.8 mm rain
- New Cairo in DecemberEgypt · 102 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Al Qurayn in DecemberEgypt · 104 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in DecemberEgypt · 104 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Bilbeis in DecemberEgypt · 105 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Fāqūs in DecemberEgypt · 109 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 3.5 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 Suez) is explained once on the Suez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.