Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In December its highs average 22.0°C, 4.4°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest December highs and 35th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Ash Shafā is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 51 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
Ash Shafā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 24 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.211 h |
| December, selected | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.911 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
- Ta’if in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Jeddah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Bahah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Rābigh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Bīshah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 1.1 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 Ash Shafā) is explained once on the Ash Shafā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.