Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhamār weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Dhamār: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (68 km away). In December its highs average 23.1°C, 2.8°C warmer than Dhamār, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Dhamār ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Dhamār is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.1 mm to 7.5 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
Dhamār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 7.5 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 22.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 22.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 25.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 19 | 3.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 149 | 16.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 246 | 21.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 35 | 4.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 8.2 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.8 | 1.3 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 20.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 11.311 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
- Ibb in DecemberYemen · 68 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Sanaa in DecemberYemen · 93 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Taiz in DecemberYemen · 115 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in DecemberYemen · 134 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in DecemberYemen · 159 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Aden in DecemberYemen · 208 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Jizan in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 328 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Najrān in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 329 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 0.2 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 Dhamār) is explained once on the Dhamār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.