Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah weather
in December.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Jeddah: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makkah (67 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Jeddah, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks 6th of 35 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Jeddah is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 24 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
Jeddah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.7 | 0.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 35.4°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 34.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 26 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 14 | 2.6 | 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
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Ta’if in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Rābigh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Bahah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Port Sudan in DecemberSudan · 292 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Yanbu in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 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 Jeddah) is explained once on the Jeddah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.