Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Al Qā’im: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In December its highs average 13.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 41st of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Al Qā’im is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 25 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 40.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.910 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
- Deir ez-Zor in DecemberSyria · 130 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in DecemberSyria · 236 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Bayjī in DecemberIraq · 236 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in DecemberIraq · 239 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Ramadi in DecemberIraq · 240 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Rukban in DecemberJordan · 243 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in DecemberSyria · 250 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in DecemberIraq · 267 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 32 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 Qā’im) is explained once on the Al Qā’im year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.