Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Madīnah weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th 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 Al Madīnah: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qurnah (17 km away). In December its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Al Madīnah, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Madīnah ranks joint 1st of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 23rd of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Al Madīnah is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 32 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
Al Madīnah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 20 | 3.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 21 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.0°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.8°C32.7°C | 32.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.9°C32.2°C | 32.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 43.1°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 7.9 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 19.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 29 | 4.4 | 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
- Al Qurnah in DecemberIraq · 17 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Basrah in DecemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in DecemberIraq · 76 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in DecemberIraq · 82 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in DecemberIraq · 97 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in DecemberIraq · 98 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in DecemberIran · 105 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in DecemberIraq · 116 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 23 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 Al Madīnah) is explained once on the Al Madīnah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.