Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabuk weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tabuk: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqaba (197 km away). In December its highs average 20.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Tabuk, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Tabuk ranks joint 29th of 35 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 35 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 35 cities is 22.3°C; Tabuk is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 4.5 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
Tabuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 36.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 38.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 38.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 36.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 10.410 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
- Aqaba in DecemberJordan · 197 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Hurghada in DecemberEgypt · 300 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Qurayyat in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Beersheba in DecemberIsrael · 361 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Hebron in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 376 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Mādabā in DecemberJordan · 376 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in DecemberJordan · 392 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 393 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 23 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 Tabuk) is explained once on the Tabuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.