Climate averages 1991–2020
Şaḩam weather
in December.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Şaḩam: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sohar (27 km away). In December its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Şaḩam, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şaḩam ranks joint 9th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 26.0°C; Şaḩam is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 8.9 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
Şaḩam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 39.5°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 38.4°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 5.2 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 37.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 36.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 25.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 8.8 | 1.3 | 10.711 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
- Sohar in DecemberOman · 27 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 12 mm rain
- As Suwayq in DecemberOman · 66 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Rustaq in DecemberOman · 103 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in DecemberOman · 111 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in DecemberOman · 112 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Al Ain City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Fujairah in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 119 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 126 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 17 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 Şaḩam) is explained once on the Şaḩam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.