Ar Riyāḑ climate

Ar Riyāḑ Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ar Riyāḑ, 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 20°C on December 31, and lows from 13°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ar Riyāḑ, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
22°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CDec 2, 2013
Reanalysis low
3°CDec 29, 1991
Daylight
10 h 16 min to 10 h 09 min
Cloud cover
56%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
13.3 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 124°C13°C30°C 20109°C 202011%
Dec 224°C13°C34°C 20139°C 199611%
Dec 323°C13°C31°C 20109°C 200110%
Dec 423°C12°C32°C 20089°C 199710%
Dec 523°C12°C29°C 20149°C 200911%
Dec 623°C12°C30°C 19988°C 200911%
Dec 723°C12°C29°C 19988°C 199111%
Dec 822°C12°C27°C 20029°C 201110%
Dec 922°C12°C25°C 20037°C 200711%
Dec 1022°C11°C26°C 19928°C 200711%
Dec 1122°C11°C27°C 20146°C 199110%
Dec 1222°C11°C26°C 20177°C 201310%
Dec 1322°C11°C27°C 20206°C 201310%
Dec 1421°C11°C26°C 20056°C 201310%
Dec 1521°C11°C25°C 20187°C 201310%
Dec 1621°C11°C24°C 20108°C 19949%
Dec 1721°C11°C25°C 20176°C 199111%
Dec 1821°C10°C26°C 20086°C 200111%
Dec 1921°C10°C27°C 20116°C 200611%
Dec 2021°C10°C28°C 19996°C 199110%
Dec 2121°C10°C26°C 19997°C 201610%
Dec 2221°C10°C25°C 19967°C 19949%
Dec 2321°C10°C25°C 20106°C 20169%
Dec 2421°C10°C25°C 20106°C 20139%
Dec 2521°C10°C25°C 20095°C 20038%
Dec 2621°C10°C27°C 20105°C 20038%
Dec 2721°C10°C27°C 20105°C 20038%
Dec 2821°C10°C28°C 20106°C 19998%
Dec 2920°C9°C24°C 19953°C 19918%
Dec 3020°C9°C24°C 19994°C 199110%
Dec 3120°C9°C28°C 19995°C 199210%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ar Riyāḑ, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

December 1
sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 4:53 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 5:04 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.