Gotvand weather in December

In December, Gotvand sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 118 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of December to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Gotvand's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gotvand's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 118 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:14 AM – 5:08 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Gotvand is city in Khuzestan Province, Iran.

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 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical December day in Gotvand reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°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)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How December really feels in Gotvand

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.

Gotvand weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	114	9.8	10.1	5.8
Feb	19° / 8°	81	7.7	10.8	6.7
Mar	24° / 12°	98	7	11.8	7.7
Apr	30° / 17°	57	5	12.8	6.0
May	38° / 22°	6	1.3	13.6	1.6
Jun	44° / 26°	0	0.1	14.1	0.0
Jul	46° / 29°	0	0	13.9	0.0
Aug	46° / 28°	0	0.1	13.2	0.0
Sep	42° / 24°	1	0.3	12.2	0.1
Oct	35° / 19°	16	1.9	11.2	3.4
Nov	25° / 13°	82	5.9	10.3	7.5
Dec	19° / 9°	118	8	9.9	6.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	67	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	63	63	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Gotvand gets around 118 mm of rain over 8 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25

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

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 96% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December, the calmest month.

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of December to 9 h 54 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 7:03 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:15 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)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:03	5:06
2	10.0	7:04	5:06
3	10.0	7:05	5:06
4	10.0	7:06	5:06
5	10.0	7:06	5:06
6	10.0	7:07	5:06
7	10.0	7:08	5:06
8	10.0	7:09	5:06
9	9.9	7:09	5:06
10	9.9	7:10	5:06
11	9.9	7:11	5:06
12	9.9	7:12	5:07
13	9.9	7:12	5:07
14	9.9	7:13	5:07
15	9.9	7:13	5:07
16	9.9	7:14	5:08
17	9.9	7:15	5:08
18	9.9	7:15	5:09
19	9.9	7:16	5:09
20	9.9	7:16	5:09
21	9.9	7:17	5:10
22	9.9	7:17	5:10
23	9.9	7:18	5:11
24	9.9	7:18	5:11
25	9.9	7:19	5:12
26	9.9	7:19	5:12
27	9.9	7:19	5:13
28	9.9	7:20	5:13
29	9.9	7:20	5:14
30	9.9	7:20	5:15
31	9.9	7:21	5:15

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.9 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.9 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)	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Gotvand

In seasonPeak

In December, Gotvand sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gotvand's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Gotvand?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Gotvand for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gotvand in December

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

In December, Gotvand sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Gotvand in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gotvand peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	9	10	9	9	6	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Gotvand 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 Gotvand is worst in May — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (November, 31 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)	35	42	48	49	51	35	36	33	32	32	31	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gotvand?

Gotvand sits at 32.2°N, 48.8°E, 70 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Shūshtar, 22 km away.

Topography around Gotvand

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gotvand has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 678 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,716 m.

The land around Gotvand is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

cropland 68%

16 km

678 m

cropland 43%

80 km

3,716 m

grassland 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Shūshtar 22 km · Lālī 28 km · Dezful 41 km · Andīmeshk 49 km · Shush 54 km · Masjed Soleymān 58 km · Veys 85 km · Ḥamīdiyeh 92 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 352% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,924; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 94%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.4; per 100k, 2014
Road deaths: 21.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Gotvand (32.2458°, 48.8132°, elevation 70 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	21	10
2	21	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	9
8	19	9
9	19	9
10	19	9
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	18	9
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2