Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ain City weather
in December.
A warm, very 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 Al Ain City: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Buraymī (7 km away). In December its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Al Ain City, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Al Ain City ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 25.8°C; Al Ain City is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.4 mm to 9.7 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 Ain City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 9.7 | 1.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 42.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.7 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 43.3°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 13.513 h |
| August | 43.0°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 2.9 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.4 | 0.6 | 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
- Al Buraymī in DecemberOman · 7 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Sohar in DecemberOman · 98 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Dubai in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 109 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 112 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Warīsān in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Şaḩam in DecemberOman · 114 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 117 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Fujairah in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 118 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 12 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 Ain City) is explained once on the Al Ain City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Buraymī lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.