Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Şabyā, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks joint 1st of 35 for the warmest December highs and joint 14th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Şabyā is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 17 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.111 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
- Jizan in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Abha in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Najrān in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bariq in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in DecemberYemen · 217 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Sanaa in DecemberYemen · 261 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in DecemberYemen · 264 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.2 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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.