Climate averages 1991–2020
Amman weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry 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 mild month in Amman: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khuraybat as Sūq (9 km away). In December its highs average 14.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Amman, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Amman ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 15.0°C; Amman is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 42 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
Amman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 27 | 5.1 | 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
- Khuraybat as Sūq in DecemberJordan · 9 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in DecemberJordan · 11 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Russeifa in DecemberJordan · 12 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in DecemberJordan · 12 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Zarqa in DecemberJordan · 19 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- As Salţ in DecemberJordan · 23 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Mādabā in DecemberJordan · 30 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Irbid in DecemberJordan · 67 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 41 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 Amman) is explained once on the Amman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Zarqa, Russeifa and Khuraybat as Sūq lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.