Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Dawādimī weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th 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 Ad Dawādimī: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (176 km away). In December its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Ad Dawādimī, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ad Dawādimī ranks 21st of 35 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Ad Dawādimī is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 14 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
Ad Dawādimī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 14 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 40.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 37.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 20.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 9.4 | 1.8 | 10.611 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
- Ar Rass in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 176 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Unaizah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 181 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Buraydah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 206 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Riyadh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Al Kharj in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 301 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Ha'il in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 464 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 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 Ad Dawādimī) is explained once on the Ad Dawādimī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.