Climate averages 1991–2020
Rukban weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th 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 Rukban: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dūmā (215 km away). In December its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Rukban, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Rukban ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 15.0°C; Rukban is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 17 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
Rukban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 10 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 36.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 13.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 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
- Dūmā in DecemberSyria · 215 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Damascus in DecemberSyria · 225 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Dārayyā in DecemberSyria · 230 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Homs in DecemberSyria · 240 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- As Salamīyah in DecemberSyria · 242 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in DecemberIraq · 243 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in DecemberSyria · 255 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Qurayyat in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 255 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 5.6 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 Rukban) is explained once on the Rukban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.