Climate averages 1991–2020
Rābigh 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 Rābigh: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (146 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Rābigh, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Rābigh ranks 4th of 35 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Rābigh is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 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
Rābigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 37.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 37.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.811 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
- Jeddah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Yanbu in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Madinah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Ta’if in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 321 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Bahah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.1°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 Rābigh) is explained once on the Rābigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.