Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Aḩmadī weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Al Aḩmadī: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩawallī (29 km away). In December its highs average 19.4°C, about as warm as Al Aḩmadī, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Kuwait, Al Aḩmadī ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 19.5°C; Al Aḩmadī is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 28 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
Al Aḩmadī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 18 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.9 | 1.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 38.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 43.0°C29.7°C | 29.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 44.4°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 44.2°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 41.0°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 28 | 2.9 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 19.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 26 | 4.1 | 10.310 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
- Ḩawallī in DecemberKuwait · 29 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Kuwait City in DecemberKuwait · 34 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Fāw in DecemberIraq · 107 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in DecemberIraq · 108 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Abadan in DecemberIran · 142 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in DecemberIraq · 151 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in DecemberIran · 152 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in DecemberIraq · 153 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 34 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 Al Aḩmadī) is explained once on the Al Aḩmadī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.