Climate averages 1991–2020
Ramadi weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ramadi: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Fallūjah (45 km away). In December its highs average 17.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ramadi, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ramadi ranks 37th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 13th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Ramadi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 20 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
Ramadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 20 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 23.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 11 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 40.7°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.3°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 43.2°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 18 | 2.7 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.010 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 Fallūjah in DecemberIraq · 45 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in DecemberIraq · 82 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in DecemberIraq · 101 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Baghdad in DecemberIraq · 102 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in DecemberIraq · 106 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Sadr City in DecemberIraq · 107 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Karbala in DecemberIraq · 112 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in DecemberIraq · 113 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 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 Ramadi) is explained once on the Ramadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.