Climate averages 1991–2020
Irbid weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Irbid: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet 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 Ar Ramthā (15 km away). In December its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Irbid, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Irbid ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 15.0°C; Irbid is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 56 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
Irbid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 56 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 8.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 25 | 4.9 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 15.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 6.5 | 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
- Ar Ramthā in DecemberJordan · 15 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in DecemberSyria · 25 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Nazareth in DecemberIsrael · 54 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Zarqa in DecemberJordan · 58 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- As Salţ in DecemberJordan · 59 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Russeifa in DecemberJordan · 63 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in DecemberJordan · 67 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Nablus in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 67 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 86 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 Irbid) is explained once on the Irbid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.