Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xebat (51 km away). In December its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 40th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 71 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 62 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 42.2°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
- Xebat in DecemberIraq · 51 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Sīnah in DecemberIraq · 53 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Dihok in DecemberIraq · 60 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Simele in DecemberIraq · 63 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sumayl in DecemberIraq · 63 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 75 mm rain
- 'Ākra in DecemberIraq · 82 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Erbil in DecemberIraq · 83 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 83 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah) is explained once on the Al Mawşil al Jadīdah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.