Climate averages 1991–2020
Mādabā weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Mādabā: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marj Al Hamam (21 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mādabā, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Mādabā ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 15.0°C; Mādabā is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 48 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
Mādabā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 48 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 43 | 7.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 29 | 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
- Marj Al Hamam in DecemberJordan · 21 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in DecemberJordan · 22 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in DecemberJordan · 27 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Amman in DecemberJordan · 30 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 27 mm rain
- As Salţ in DecemberJordan · 36 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Russeifa in DecemberJordan · 41 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Zarqa in DecemberJordan · 48 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Jerusalem in DecemberIsrael · 55 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 54 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 Mādabā) is explained once on the Mādabā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.