Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nu‘mānīyah 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 An Nu‘mānīyah: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 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 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Kut (38 km away). In December its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as An Nu‘mānīyah, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, An Nu‘mānīyah ranks joint 17th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; An Nu‘mānīyah is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 30 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
An Nu‘mānīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 45.7°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.110 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-Kut in DecemberIraq · 38 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in DecemberIraq · 72 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in DecemberIraq · 73 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in DecemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in DecemberIraq · 78 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Hillah in DecemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in DecemberIraq · 99 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in DecemberIraq · 100 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 18 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 An Nu‘mānīyah) is explained once on the An Nu‘mānīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.