Climate averages 1991–2020
Qurayyat weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Qurayyat: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th 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 Russeifa (144 km away). In December its highs average 15.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Qurayyat, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Qurayyat ranks 34th of 35 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Qurayyat is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.6 mm to 8.0 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
Qurayyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 37.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 16.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 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
- Russeifa in DecemberJordan · 144 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Zarqa in DecemberJordan · 145 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in DecemberJordan · 148 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Amman in DecemberJordan · 149 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Mādabā in DecemberJordan · 153 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in DecemberJordan · 155 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in DecemberJordan · 160 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 29 mm rain
- As Salţ in DecemberJordan · 172 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 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 Qurayyat) is explained once on the Qurayyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.