Dishnā weather in December

In December, Dishnā sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 Dishnā's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dishnā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
11th warmest
Overnight low
10°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 24 min
6:35 AM – 4:57 PM
Cloud cover
21%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.2
out of 10

Dishnā is human settlement in Egypt.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical December day in Dishnā reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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31228

How December really feels in Dishnā

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Dishnā weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10.310.58.9
Feb24° / 00.211.19.3
Mar28° / 13°10.111.88.2
Apr33° / 17°0012.64.6
May37° / 22°0013.31.8
Jun40° / 24°0013.60.3
Jul40° / 25°0013.50.1
Aug40° / 25°0012.90.2
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.4
Oct34° / 20°00.111.43.9
Nov28° / 14°10.110.77.9
Dec23° / 10°10.110.49.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28515
38515
48416
58416
68416
78416
88416
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318515

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Dishnā gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 1% on the wettest days.

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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31991

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:25 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 4:54 PM to 5:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:254:54
210.56:264:54
310.56:274:54
410.56:284:55
510.46:284:55
610.46:294:55
710.46:304:55
810.46:304:55
910.46:314:55
1010.46:314:56
1110.46:324:56
1210.46:334:56
1310.46:334:56
1410.46:344:57
1510.46:354:57
1610.46:354:57
1710.46:364:58
1810.46:364:58
1910.46:374:59
2010.46:374:59
2110.46:385:00
2210.46:385:00
2310.46:395:00
2410.46:395:01
2510.46:405:01
2610.46:405:02
2710.46:405:03
2810.46:415:03
2910.46:415:04
3010.46:415:04
3110.46:425:05

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
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264.3Bright
274.3Bright
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294.3Bright
304.3Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Dishnā

In seasonPeak

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

Dishnā sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Dishnā?

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

9.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dishnā in December

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

In December, Dishnā sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Dishnā 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 Dishnā peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 11Dec 23UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Dishnā 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 Dishnā is worst in January — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1871 µg/m³Jul 2046 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun55Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug49Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dishnā?

Dishnā sits at 26.1°N, 32.5°E, 79 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Waqf, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Dishnā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dishnā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Dishnā is covered by cropland (49%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
378 m
80 km
691 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Al Waqf 6.0 km · Nag Hammâdi 24 km · Qina 26 km · Farshūţ 31 km · Naqādah 36 km · Abū Ţisht 37 km · Qūş 37 km · Qifţ 38 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
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

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 Dishnā (26.1224°, 32.4675°, elevation 79 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).