Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bāb weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Al Bāb: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aleppo (37 km away). In December its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Al Bāb, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Bāb ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Al Bāb is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 49 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
Al Bāb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 42 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 22 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 33.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 37.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 29 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 49 | 8.2 | 9.710 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
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 37 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 43 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Kilis in DecemberTurkey · 53 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 75 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 78 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 105 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in DecemberSyria · 110 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 29 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 Al Bāb) is explained once on the Al Bāb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.