Climate averages 1991–2020
Xebat weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Xebat: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 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 Erbil (32 km away). In December its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Xebat, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Xebat ranks 45th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 45th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Xebat is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 90 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
Xebat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 90 | 10.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 83 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 56 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 6.2 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 79 | 8.4 | 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
- Erbil in DecemberIraq · 32 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 33 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 43 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in DecemberIraq · 51 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 mm rain
- 'Ākra in DecemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Sīnah in DecemberIraq · 82 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Soran in DecemberIraq · 89 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Dihok in DecemberIraq · 89 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 83 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 Xebat) is explained once on the Xebat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.