Madaba weather in December

In December, Madaba sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 29 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Madaba's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 29 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 6:35 AM – 4:31 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Madaba is city in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.

Density: 2/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1921

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 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Madaba reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°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)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	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	7	7

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

How December really feels in Madaba

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.

Madaba weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-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	15° / 7°	49	7.3	10.2	5.0
Feb	16° / 8°	42	7	10.8	5.6
Mar	19° / 10°	29	5.1	11.8	7.3
Apr	24° / 13°	9	2.1	12.8	8.6
May	29° / 17°	3	0.6	13.6	7.5
Jun	32° / 20°	0	0.1	14	5.8
Jul	33° / 22°	0	0	13.9	4.8
Aug	33° / 22°	0	0	13.2	4.7
Sep	32° / 21°	0	0.1	12.2	5.8
Oct	28° / 18°	4	1.1	11.2	7.8
Nov	22° / 12°	14	3.4	10.4	8.2
Dec	17° / 8°	29	5.1	10	6.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	71	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	29	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Madaba gets around 29 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19

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

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 (%)	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	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours 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 6:41 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 4:39 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)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	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	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	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	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41
Sunset (PM)	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:30	4:30	4:30	4:30	4:31	4:31	4:31	4:32	4:32	4:32	4:33	4:33	4:34	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36	4:36	4:37	4:37	4:38	4:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:24	4:29
2	10.1	6:25	4:29
3	10.1	6:26	4:29
4	10.0	6:27	4:29
5	10.0	6:27	4:29
6	10.0	6:28	4:29
7	10.0	6:29	4:29
8	10.0	6:30	4:29
9	10.0	6:30	4:29
10	10.0	6:31	4:30
11	10.0	6:32	4:30
12	10.0	6:32	4:30
13	10.0	6:33	4:30
14	10.0	6:34	4:31
15	9.9	6:34	4:31
16	9.9	6:35	4:31
17	9.9	6:35	4:32
18	9.9	6:36	4:32
19	9.9	6:36	4:32
20	9.9	6:37	4:33
21	9.9	6:37	4:33
22	9.9	6:38	4:34
23	9.9	6:38	4:34
24	9.9	6:39	4:35
25	9.9	6:39	4:35
26	9.9	6:40	4:36
27	9.9	6:40	4:36
28	9.9	6:40	4:37
29	9.9	6:41	4:37
30	10.0	6:41	4:38
31	10.0	6:41	4:39

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.03 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.03 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)	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
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	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Madaba?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Madaba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madaba in December

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

In December, Madaba sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Madaba 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 Madaba peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (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)	3	4	6	7	10	11	10	10	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Madaba 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 Madaba is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 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)	36	37	37	39	35	27	24	26	29	32	36	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Madaba?

Madaba sits at 31.7°N, 35.8°E, 790 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Umm as Summāq, 20 km away.

Topography around Madaba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Madaba is covered by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

cropland 51%

16 km

1,123 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,719 m

bare terrain 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Umm as Summāq 20 km · Marj Al Hamam 21 km · Khuraybat as Sūq 22 km · Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 26 km · Saḩāb 26 km · Wādī as Sīr 27 km · Māḩiş 30 km · Amman 30 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type B / C / D / F / G / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,348; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 426
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 Madaba (31.716°, 35.7939°, elevation 790 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	19	10
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	17	9
12	17	9
13	17	9
14	17	9
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	16	8
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	8
28	16	8
29	16	8
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

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