Ţahţā weather in December

In December, Ţahţā sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 Ţahţā's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţahţā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
11th warmest
Overnight low
10°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 18 min
6:40 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover
25%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Ţahţā is Egyptian city.

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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ţahţā reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°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 2°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Ţahţā

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.

Ţahţā weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10.210.58.6
Feb23° / 10.211.19.1
Mar26° / 12°20.211.88.9
Apr32° / 17°0012.65.8
May36° / 21°00.113.32.9
Jun38° / 24°0013.61.5
Jul38° / 25°0013.51.2
Aug38° / 25°0012.91.3
Sep36° / 23°0012.22.6
Oct33° / 20°00.111.45.0
Nov27° / 14°1010.78.6
Dec22° / 10°00.110.38.9

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 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ţahţā 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.

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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:31 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 4:57 PM to 5:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.46:314:57
210.46:314:57
310.46:324:57
410.46:334:57
510.46:334:57
610.46:344:57
710.46:354:58
810.46:354:58
910.46:364:58
1010.46:374:58
1110.36:374:58
1210.36:384:59
1310.36:394:59
1410.36:394:59
1510.36:405:00
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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 8.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ţahţā

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is December a good time to visit Ţahţā?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ţahţā in December

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

In December, Ţahţā sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Ţahţā 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 Ţahţā peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Jan 13UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ţahţā 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 Ţahţā 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).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1869 µg/m³Jul 2241 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun51Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep49Poor
Oct51Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ţahţā?

Ţahţā sits at 26.8°N, 31.5°E, 66 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Juhaynah, 11 km away.

Topography around Ţahţā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţahţā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m.

The land around Ţahţā is covered by cropland (62%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and bare terrain (28%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
352 m
80 km
536 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Juhaynah 11 km · Al Marāghah 13 km · Ţimā 17 km · Al Ghanāyim 21 km · Sāqultah 21 km · Şidfā 25 km · Al Badārī 26 km · Sohag 30 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 Ţahţā (26.7687°, 31.502°, elevation 66 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).