Şidfā weather in December

In December, Şidfā sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of December to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Şidfā's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Şidfā's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:41 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

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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 Şidfā 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 18°C and 26°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	24	24	24	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	20	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How December really feels in Şidfā

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.

Şidfā 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	10.5	8.5
Feb	22° / 9°	1	0.2	11	9.0
Mar	26° / 12°	2	0.2	11.8	9.0
Apr	31° / 16°	0	0	12.6	6.0
May	35° / 21°	0	0	13.3	3.2
Jun	37° / 24°	0	0	13.7	1.8
Jul	38° / 25°	0	0	13.5	1.5
Aug	38° / 25°	0	0	13	1.6
Sep	36° / 23°	0	0	12.2	2.9
Oct	32° / 19°	0	0.1	11.4	5.3
Nov	27° / 14°	1	0	10.7	8.8
Dec	22° / 9°	0	0.1	10.3	8.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% 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	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	84	83	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	83	82
Cloudier (%)	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Şidfā gets around 0 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.

	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	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 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 10 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	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 24 min at the start of December to 10 h 18 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 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
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)	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	10.4	6:32	4:57
2	10.4	6:32	4:57
3	10.4	6:33	4:57
4	10.4	6:34	4:57
5	10.4	6:34	4:57
6	10.4	6:35	4:57
7	10.4	6:36	4:58
8	10.4	6:36	4:58
9	10.3	6:37	4:58
10	10.3	6:38	4:58
11	10.3	6:38	4:58
12	10.3	6:39	4:59
13	10.3	6:40	4:59
14	10.3	6:40	4:59
15	10.3	6:41	5:00
16	10.3	6:41	5:00
17	10.3	6:42	5:00
18	10.3	6:42	5:01
19	10.3	6:43	5:01
20	10.3	6:43	5:02
21	10.3	6:44	5:02
22	10.3	6:44	5:02
23	10.3	6:45	5:03
24	10.3	6:45	5:03
25	10.3	6:46	5:04
26	10.3	6:46	5:04
27	10.3	6:47	5:05
28	10.3	6:47	5:06
29	10.3	6:47	5:06
30	10.3	6:48	5:07
31	10.3	6:48	5:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.1 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)	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Şidfā

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Şidfā?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Şidfā in December

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

In December, Şidfā sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Şidfā 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 Şidfā peaks around June 18 at about 11 (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	6	8	9	10	12	11	10	9	7	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Şidfā 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 Şidfā is worst in January — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 41 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)	70	65	63	60	57	51	41	43	49	51	53	61
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	70	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	57	Unhealthy
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	53	Poor
Dec	61	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Şidfā?

Şidfā sits at 27.0°N, 31.4°E, 62 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Badārī, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Şidfā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Şidfā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 523 m.

The land around Şidfā is covered by cropland (48%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

cropland 48%

16 km

284 m

cropland 39%

80 km

523 m

bare terrain 86%

treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Al Badārī 5.0 km · Ţimā 8.0 km · Abū Tīj 11 km · Al Ghanāyim 11 km · As Sāḩil 11 km · Ţahţā 25 km · Assiut 31 km · An Nāşirīyah 32 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 Şidfā (26.9664°, 31.3795°, elevation 62 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	11
4	24	11
5	23	11
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

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

	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	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	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	11
4	24	11
5	23	11
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

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

	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	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	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	11
4	24	11
5	23	11
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

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

	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	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	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