Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 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 Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (84 km away). In December its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Az Zulfī, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Az Zulfī ranks 26th of 35 for the warmest December highs and joint 22nd of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Az Zulfī is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 18 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
Az Zulfī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 41.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 42.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 28 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 20.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.511 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
- Buraydah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Unaizah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rass in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Riyadh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Ha'il in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Al Kharj in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.7 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 Az Zulfī) is explained once on the Az Zulfī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.