Ash Sharqāt weather in December

In December, Ash Sharqāt sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 39 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of December to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ash Sharqāt's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash Sharqāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 39 mm; 6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 7:15 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; 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 18°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ash Sharqāt reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Ash Sharqāt

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.

Ash Sharqāt weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	45	7.4	9.9	4.4
Feb	16° / 6°	37	6.7	10.7	5.6
Mar	21° / 10°	38	6.1	11.7	7.5
Apr	28° / 15°	22	4	12.9	7.2
May	35° / 21°	8	1.6	13.8	3.5
Jun	40° / 26°	0	0	14.4	0.3
Jul	43° / 29°	0	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	43° / 28°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	0	0.1	12.2	1.1
Oct	32° / 18°	13	1.8	11.1	5.4
Nov	22° / 11°	30	4.6	10.1	7.8
Dec	16° / 6°	39	6	9.6	5.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 38%.

	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 (%)	68	66	66	65	64	63	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	32	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ash Sharqāt gets around 39 mm of rain over 6 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 19% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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 9 h 48 min at the start of December to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 4:50 PM to 4:59 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)	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21
Sunset (PM)	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:52	4:52	4:53	4:53	4:53	4:54	4:54	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:04	4:50
2	9.8	7:04	4:50
3	9.7	7:05	4:50
4	9.7	7:06	4:50
5	9.7	7:07	4:50
6	9.7	7:08	4:50
7	9.7	7:09	4:50
8	9.7	7:09	4:50
9	9.7	7:10	4:50
10	9.7	7:11	4:50
11	9.6	7:12	4:50
12	9.6	7:12	4:51
13	9.6	7:13	4:51
14	9.6	7:14	4:51
15	9.6	7:14	4:51
16	9.6	7:15	4:52
17	9.6	7:16	4:52
18	9.6	7:16	4:52
19	9.6	7:17	4:53
20	9.6	7:17	4:53
21	9.6	7:18	4:53
22	9.6	7:18	4:54
23	9.6	7:19	4:54
24	9.6	7:19	4:55
25	9.6	7:19	4:55
26	9.6	7:20	4:56
27	9.6	7:20	4:57
28	9.6	7:21	4:57
29	9.6	7:21	4:58
30	9.6	7:21	4:58
31	9.6	7:21	4:59

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.55 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.55 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)	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ash Sharqāt

In seasonPeak

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

Ash Sharqāt sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Ash Sharqāt?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Ash Sharqāt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ash Sharqāt in December

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

In December, Ash Sharqāt sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ash Sharqāt 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 Ash Sharqāt peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	7	10	5	9	6	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Moderate	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ash Sharqāt 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 Ash Sharqāt is worst in July — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	43	45	49	49	52	54	56	55	51	47	42	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Unhealthy
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ash Sharqāt?

Ash Sharqāt sits at 35.5°N, 43.2°E, 159 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Bayjī, 70 km away.

Topography around Ash Sharqāt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash Sharqāt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 770 m.

The land around Ash Sharqāt is covered by artificial surfaces (28%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and bare terrain (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and bare terrain (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

artificial surfaces 28%

16 km

198 m

cropland 38%

80 km

770 m

cropland 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Bayjī 70 km · Al-Hamdaniya 85 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 91 km · Mosul 91 km · Al-'Alam 99 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 102 km · Erbil 103 km · Kirkuk 106 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

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 Ash Sharqāt (35.5172°, 43.2281°, elevation 159 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	18	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	15	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0