Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaḩ weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th 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 Rafaḩ: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khān Yūnis (8 km away). In December its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Rafaḩ, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Rafaḩ ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 17.4°C; Rafaḩ is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 35 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
Rafaḩ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 19 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 16 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 19.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 23 | 6.3 | 10.210 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
- Khān Yūnis in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Gaza in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Arīsh in DecemberEgypt · 46 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Ashkelon in DecemberIsrael · 52 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Beersheba in DecemberIsrael · 52 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ashdod in DecemberIsrael · 67 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Hebron in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 85 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Reẖovot in DecemberIsrael · 85 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.9°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 Rafaḩ) is explained once on the Rafaḩ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Khān Yūnis lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.