Climate averages 1991–2020
Yanbu weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th 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 Yanbu: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madinah (163 km away). In December its highs average 25.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Yanbu, with 6.9 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu ranks 8th 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; Yanbu is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 8.0 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
Yanbu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 35.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 35.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 36.2°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 1.3 | 10.711 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
- Madinah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Rābigh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Jeddah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 347 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Ta’if in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 396 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 408 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 494 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Tabuk in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 502 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 1.3 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 Yanbu) is explained once on the Yanbu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.