Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 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 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In December its highs average 15.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sakakah, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 33rd of 35 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Sakakah is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.2 mm to 10 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Arar in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Ha'il in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Qurayyat in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Tabuk in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Rukban in DecemberJordan · 398 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Najaf in DecemberIraq · 456 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Zarqa in DecemberJordan · 457 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Russeifa in DecemberJordan · 457 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 27 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.