Al Khārjah weather in December

In December, Al Khārjah sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of December to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al Khārjah's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Khārjah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:41 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Al Khārjah is town and main settlement in the el-Kharga depression, capital of the New Valley governorate.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al Khārjah reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	9
11	23	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

How December really feels in Al Khārjah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Khārjah weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 7°	0	0.1	10.6	8.7
Feb	23° / 9°	0	0.1	11.1	9.2
Mar	27° / 13°	1	0.1	11.8	8.6
Apr	33° / 17°	0	0	12.6	5.0
May	37° / 22°	0	0	13.2	2.3
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	13.6	0.9
Jul	39° / 25°	0	0	13.4	0.6
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0	12.9	0.7
Sep	37° / 23°	0	0	12.2	2.3
Oct	33° / 20°	0	0	11.4	4.9
Nov	27° / 13°	0	0	10.8	8.7
Dec	22° / 9°	0	0	10.4	9.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	86	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85
Cloudier (%)	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Al Khārjah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of December to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 5:14 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:32	5:03
2	10.5	6:32	5:03
3	10.5	6:33	5:04
4	10.5	6:34	5:04
5	10.5	6:34	5:04
6	10.5	6:35	5:04
7	10.5	6:36	5:04
8	10.5	6:36	5:04
9	10.5	6:37	5:05
10	10.5	6:38	5:05
11	10.4	6:38	5:05
12	10.4	6:39	5:05
13	10.4	6:40	5:06
14	10.4	6:40	5:06
15	10.4	6:41	5:06
16	10.4	6:41	5:07
17	10.4	6:42	5:07
18	10.4	6:42	5:07
19	10.4	6:43	5:08
20	10.4	6:43	5:08
21	10.4	6:44	5:09
22	10.4	6:44	5:09
23	10.4	6:45	5:10
24	10.4	6:45	5:10
25	10.4	6:46	5:11
26	10.4	6:46	5:11
27	10.4	6:47	5:12
28	10.4	6:47	5:12
29	10.4	6:47	5:13
30	10.4	6:48	5:13
31	10.4	6:48	5:14

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.4 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Al Khārjah

In seasonPeak

None of Al Khārjah's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Khārjah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Al Khārjah?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Al Khārjah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Al Khārjah in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Al Khārjah sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Al Khārjah in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Khārjah peaks around June 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Al Khārjah in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Khārjah is worst in June — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	61	65	79	79	82	83	61	67	80	79	58	58
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	61	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	79	Unhealthy
May	82	Unhealthy
Jun	83	Unhealthy
Jul	61	Unhealthy
Aug	67	Unhealthy
Sep	80	Unhealthy
Oct	79	Unhealthy
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Al Khārjah?

Al Khārjah sits at 25.5°N, 30.5°E, 81 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al-Khārijah, 22 km away.

Topography around Al Khārjah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Khārjah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Khārjah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 442 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m.

The land around Al Khārjah is covered by bare terrain (39%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

bare terrain 39%

16 km

442 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

587 m

bare terrain 99%

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← November Al Khārjah year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Al-Khārijah 22 km · Mūţ 157 km · Juhaynah 166 km · Girga 167 km · Sohag 168 km · Al Minshāh 170 km · Al Balyanā 170 km · Abū Ţisht 172 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 15% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,086; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 79%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2017
Road deaths: 10.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 459
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Khārjah (25.451°, 30.5465°, elevation 81 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	9
11	23	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	9
11	23	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	9
11	23	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100