Al Miqdādīyah weather in December

In December, Al Miqdādīyah sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 51 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 9.8 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 17°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 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al Miqdādīyah's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Miqdādīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
9 h 42 min
7:04 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
41%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Al Miqdādīyah is place in Diyala, Iraq.

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 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al Miqdādīyah reaches about 18°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 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Al Miqdādīyah

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.

Al Miqdādīyah 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 517.1105.8
Feb19° / 405.610.76.9
Mar24° / 12°435.511.77.9
Apr31° / 18°253.712.85.7
May38° / 23°71.613.71.6
Jun43° / 28°00.114.20.0
Jul46° / 30°00140.0
Aug45° / 30°0013.30.0
Sep41° / 26°00.112.20.1
Oct34° / 20°17211.13.6
Nov24° / 13°44510.27.8
Dec18° / 516.39.86.7

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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

Any precipitation

Al Miqdādīyah gets around 51 mm of rain over 6.3 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 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1937
2946
3946
4946
5955
6955
7955
8964
9964
10964
11973
12973
13973
14982
15982
16982
17982
18991
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22991
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25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31991

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 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 6:53 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 4:47 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.96:534:47
29.96:544:47
39.96:554:47
49.96:554:47
59.86:564:47
69.86:574:47
79.86:584:47
89.86:594:47
99.86:594:47
109.87:004:47
119.87:014:48
129.87:014:48
139.87:024:48
149.87:034:48
159.87:034:49
169.77:044:49
179.77:054:49
189.77:054:50
199.77:064:50
209.77:064:50
219.77:074:51
229.77:074:51
239.77:084:52
249.77:084:52
259.77:084:53
269.77:094:53
279.77:094:54
289.77:104:54
299.87:104:55
309.87:104:56
319.87:104:56

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.77 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.0Moderate
23.0Moderate
32.9Moderate
42.9Moderate
52.9Moderate
62.9Moderate
72.8Moderate
82.8Moderate
92.8Moderate
102.8Moderate
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312.8Moderate
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Al Miqdādīyah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Miqdādīyah sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Al Miqdādīyah?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Al Miqdādīyah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Miqdādīyah in December

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

In December, Al Miqdādīyah sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 6 days see rain.

UV index in Al Miqdādīyah in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Miqdādīyah peaks around June 13 at about 9 (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 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 13UV 9Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul5High
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Miqdādīyah 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 Al Miqdādīyah is worst in October — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyOct 1878 µg/m³Jul 1665 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug68Unhealthy
Sep71Unhealthy
Oct79Unhealthy
Nov74Unhealthy
Dec76Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Miqdādīyah?

Al Miqdādīyah sits at 34.0°N, 44.9°E, 60 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Baqubah, 40 km away.

KhānaqīnMandalīAd DujaylBaladKifrīSadr City

Topography around Al Miqdādīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Miqdādīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,117 m.

The land around Al Miqdādīyah is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), trees (22%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and bare terrain (28%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
160 m
80 km
1,117 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Baqubah 40 km · Khāliş 42 km · Khānaqīn 59 km · Mandalī 63 km · Ad Dujayl 66 km · Balad 73 km · Kifrī 79 km · Sadr City 79 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,410
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
60%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9.5
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
27.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Christian 1%

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 Al Miqdādīyah (33.9786°, 44.9369°, elevation 60 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).