Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanta 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 Tanta: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 Talā (13 km away). In December its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Tanta, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Tanta ranks joint 38th of 107 for the warmest December highs and joint 74th of 107 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 107 cities is 20.9°C; Tanta is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 6.6 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
Tanta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 4.4 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 20.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 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
- Talā in DecemberEgypt · 13 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Kafr az Zayyāt in DecemberEgypt · 18 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ash Shuhadā’ in DecemberEgypt · 23 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Zefta in DecemberEgypt · 25 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Basyūn in DecemberEgypt · 25 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá in DecemberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Mīt Ghamr in DecemberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in DecemberEgypt · 26 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.7 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 Tanta) is explained once on the Tanta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Talā lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.