Climate averages 1991–2020
Ta’if weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ta’if: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (24 km away). In December its highs average 17.6°C, 4.4°C cooler than Ta’if, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks joint 13th of 35 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Ta’if is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 33 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
Ta’if climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 33 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 6.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| July | 33.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 15 | 4.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.8 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 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
- Ash Shafā in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Jeddah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Bahah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Rābigh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Bīshah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 1.1 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 Ta’if) is explained once on the Ta’if year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.