Minya weather in December

In December, Minya sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of December to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Minya's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:46 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Minya is city in Middle Egypt.

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 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical December day in Minya reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 2°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	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How December really feels in Minya

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.

Minya weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 8°	1	0.2	10.4	8.3
Feb	22° / 10°	1	0.2	11	8.8
Mar	25° / 13°	1	0.2	11.8	9.2
Apr	30° / 16°	0	0	12.7	6.7
May	34° / 21°	0	0	13.4	3.9
Jun	37° / 23°	0	0	13.7	2.5
Jul	37° / 25°	0	0	13.6	2.0
Aug	37° / 25°	0	0	13	2.1
Sep	35° / 23°	0	0	12.2	3.5
Oct	32° / 20°	0	0	11.3	5.9
Nov	26° / 15°	1	0.1	10.6	8.9
Dec	21° / 10°	1	0.2	10.3	8.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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 (%)	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	83	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Minya gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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.

	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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of December to 10 h 12 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 6:36 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 4:57 PM to 5:07 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53
Sunset (PM)	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:59	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:36	4:57
2	10.3	6:37	4:57
3	10.3	6:38	4:57
4	10.3	6:39	4:57
5	10.3	6:39	4:57
6	10.3	6:40	4:57
7	10.3	6:41	4:58
8	10.3	6:41	4:58
9	10.3	6:42	4:58
10	10.3	6:43	4:58
11	10.3	6:43	4:58
12	10.2	6:44	4:59
13	10.2	6:45	4:59
14	10.2	6:45	4:59
15	10.2	6:46	5:00
16	10.2	6:46	5:00
17	10.2	6:47	5:00
18	10.2	6:47	5:01
19	10.2	6:48	5:01
20	10.2	6:48	5:02
21	10.2	6:49	5:02
22	10.2	6:49	5:02
23	10.2	6:50	5:03
24	10.2	6:50	5:03
25	10.2	6:51	5:04
26	10.2	6:51	5:04
27	10.2	6:52	5:05
28	10.2	6:52	5:06
29	10.2	6:52	5:06
30	10.2	6:53	5:07
31	10.2	6:53	5:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.9 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.9 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)	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Minya

In seasonPeak

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

Minya sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Minya?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Minya for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Minya in December

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

In December, Minya sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Minya in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Minya peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (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)	4	5	7	8	10	10	11	10	8	6	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Minya 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 Minya is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	80	73	67	57	51	42	35	36	40	47	59	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	80	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Minya?

Minya sits at 28.1°N, 30.8°E, 52 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Minya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m.

The land around Minya is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

121 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

172 m

cropland 48%

80 km

403 m

bare terrain 81%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 6.0 km · Banī ‘Ubayd 16 km · Abū Qurqāş 20 km · Samālūţ 25 km · Maţāy 36 km · Mallawī 41 km · Banī Mazār 45 km · Dayr Mawās 51 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 Minya (28.0919°, 30.7581°, elevation 52 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	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	22	11
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0