Ţūd weather in December

In December, Ţūd sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 0 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 21°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 Ţūd's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţūd's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:34 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Ţūd is town and archaeological site in 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 25°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ţūd reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°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)	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How December really feels in Ţūd

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.

Ţūd 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 9°	1	0.1	10.6	8.9
Feb	24° / 11°	0	0	11.1	9.3
Mar	28° / 14°	0	0.1	11.8	8.5
Apr	33° / 18°	0	0.1	12.6	5.0
May	37° / 23°	0	0	13.2	2.2
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	13.6	0.8
Jul	39° / 26°	0	0	13.4	0.6
Aug	39° / 27°	0	0	12.9	0.6
Sep	37° / 25°	0	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	34° / 21°	0	0	11.4	4.3
Nov	28° / 15°	0	0.1	10.8	8.3
Dec	23° / 11°	0	0.1	10.4	9.1

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%.

	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	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84
Cloudier (%)	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ţūd 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	0	0	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	0
24	0
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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

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 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 6:24 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 5:06 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	10.4	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	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:56	4:56	4:56	4:56	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:58	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:24	4:55
2	10.5	6:25	4:55
3	10.5	6:25	4:55
4	10.5	6:26	4:55
5	10.5	6:27	4:56
6	10.5	6:27	4:56
7	10.5	6:28	4:56
8	10.5	6:29	4:56
9	10.4	6:29	4:56
10	10.4	6:30	4:57
11	10.4	6:31	4:57
12	10.4	6:31	4:57
13	10.4	6:32	4:57
14	10.4	6:33	4:58
15	10.4	6:33	4:58
16	10.4	6:34	4:58
17	10.4	6:34	4:59
18	10.4	6:35	4:59
19	10.4	6:35	5:00
20	10.4	6:36	5:00
21	10.4	6:36	5:00
22	10.4	6:37	5:01
23	10.4	6:37	5:01
24	10.4	6:38	5:02
25	10.4	6:38	5:02
26	10.4	6:39	5:03
27	10.4	6:39	5:03
28	10.4	6:39	5:04
29	10.4	6:40	5:05
30	10.4	6:40	5:05
31	10.4	6:40	5:06

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.39 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.39 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	4.4	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	4.4
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	4.4	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 Ţūd

In seasonPeak

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

Ţūd 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 Ţūd?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ţūd in December

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

In December, Ţūd sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Ţūd 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 Ţūd peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	6	10	9	11	11	10	11	10	8	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

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

Air quality in Ţūd 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 Ţūd is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	53	52	55	53	52	51	43	45	48	48	43	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	53	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ţūd?

Ţūd sits at 25.6°N, 32.5°E, 83 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Armant, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Ţūd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţūd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 752 m.

The land around Ţūd is covered by cropland (36%) and bare terrain (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (55%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

92 m

cropland 36%

16 km

552 m

bare terrain 55%

80 km

752 m

bare terrain 86%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: Armant 4.0 km · Al Bayāḑīyah 14 km · Luxor 17 km · Aţ Ţārif 20 km · Az Zaynīyah Qiblī 24 km · Esna 32 km · Jarājūs 39 km · Naqādah 40 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 Ţūd (25.5828°, 32.5329°, elevation 83 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	25	13
2	25	13
3	25	13
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	23	12
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	22	11
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	22	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

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

	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	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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	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	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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	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	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	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1