Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibb weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest 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 warm month in Ibb: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 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 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (46 km away). In December its highs average 25.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Ibb, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Ibb ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Ibb is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 11 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
Ibb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 61 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 87 | 13.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 85 | 17.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 157 | 24.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 241 | 29.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 113 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 27 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 7.3 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 23.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 5.4 | 1.4 | 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
- Taiz in DecemberYemen · 46 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Dhamār in DecemberYemen · 68 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Sanaa in DecemberYemen · 154 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Aden in DecemberYemen · 161 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in DecemberYemen · 161 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.2 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in DecemberYemen · 190 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Djibouti in DecemberDjibouti · 287 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Jizan in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 369 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 15 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 Ibb) is explained once on the Ibb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.