Ar Rifā‘ climate

Ar Rifā‘ Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ar Rifā‘, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 24°C on December 1 to 21°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ar Rifā‘, in °C, with the record for each date.5101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
22°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Record high
31°CDec 15, 2001
Record low
8°CDec 31, 2006
Daylight
10 h 38 min to 10 h 32 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
14°C
Wind
18.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 124°C21°C29°C 198914°C 20117%
Dec 224°C21°C29°C 200115°C 20047%
Dec 324°C21°C28°C 198914°C 20046%
Dec 424°C21°C28°C 198514°C 20046%
Dec 523°C20°C28°C 200110°C 19866%
Dec 623°C20°C29°C 202212°C 19855%
Dec 723°C20°C28°C 200114°C 20115%
Dec 823°C20°C29°C 20079°C 19946%
Dec 923°C20°C28°C 200213°C 20087%
Dec 1023°C20°C28°C 198311°C 19946%
Dec 1123°C20°C28°C 199014°C 20086%
Dec 1222°C19°C30°C 200114°C 19946%
Dec 1322°C19°C30°C 201010°C 19856%
Dec 1422°C19°C28°C 201313°C 19866%
Dec 1522°C19°C31°C 200114°C 19956%
Dec 1622°C19°C27°C 202112°C 19845%
Dec 1722°C19°C28°C 200510°C 20065%
Dec 1822°C19°C27°C 202112°C 20085%
Dec 1922°C19°C27°C 20219°C 20044%
Dec 2022°C18°C29°C 200112°C 20065%
Dec 2121°C18°C27°C 202113°C 19845%
Dec 2221°C18°C27°C 200512°C 20084%
Dec 2321°C18°C29°C 200512°C 19974%
Dec 2421°C18°C28°C 200511°C 20023%
Dec 2521°C18°C27°C 200911°C 20062%
Dec 2621°C18°C26°C 202312°C 19943%
Dec 2721°C18°C24°C 200312°C 20063%
Dec 2821°C18°C28°C 201411°C 19944%
Dec 2921°C18°C28°C 201413°C 20074%
Dec 3021°C18°C27°C 198610°C 19884%
Dec 3121°C18°C24°C 20238°C 20064%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ar Rifā‘, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

December 1
sunrise 6:08 AM, sunset 4:46 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 4:57 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station BA000041150, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.