Al Aşābi‘ah weather in December

In December, Al Aşābi‘ah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 17 mm of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al Aşābi‘ah's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Aşābi‘ah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 17 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:07 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 12th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Al Aşābi‘ah is settlement in Libya.

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 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al Aşābi‘ah reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°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)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

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

How December really feels in Al Aşābi‘ah

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.

Al Aşābi‘ah weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 6°	22	4.4	10.1	4.8
Feb	15° / 7°	23	4.2	10.8	5.6
Mar	19° / 9°	21	3.7	11.8	7.4
Apr	24° / 13°	11	2.1	12.8	8.6
May	28° / 17°	7	1.4	13.6	7.5
Jun	32° / 20°	2	0.5	14.1	5.2
Jul	34° / 22°	0	0.1	13.9	4.2
Aug	34° / 22°	2	0.5	13.2	4.2
Sep	31° / 21°	10	2.3	12.2	5.6
Oct	26° / 17°	17	3.2	11.2	8.0
Nov	20° / 12°	12	2.5	10.4	7.8
Dec	15° / 8°	17	4.1	9.9	5.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	68	68	67	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	67	68	69	69
Cloudier (%)	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	33	32	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Al Aşābi‘ah gets around 17 mm of rain over 4.1 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 12% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

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 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:57 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:10 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	10.0	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	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:14
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:57	6:00
2	10.0	7:57	6:00
3	10.0	7:58	6:00
4	10.0	7:59	6:00
5	10.0	8:00	6:00
6	10.0	8:01	6:00
7	10.0	8:01	6:00
8	10.0	8:02	6:00
9	10.0	8:03	6:00
10	10.0	8:03	6:01
11	9.9	8:04	6:01
12	9.9	8:05	6:01
13	9.9	8:05	6:01
14	9.9	8:06	6:01
15	9.9	8:07	6:02
16	9.9	8:07	6:02
17	9.9	8:08	6:02
18	9.9	8:08	6:03
19	9.9	8:09	6:03
20	9.9	8:09	6:04
21	9.9	8:10	6:04
22	9.9	8:10	6:05
23	9.9	8:11	6:05
24	9.9	8:11	6:06
25	9.9	8:12	6:06
26	9.9	8:12	6:07
27	9.9	8:13	6:07
28	9.9	8:13	6:08
29	9.9	8:13	6:08
30	9.9	8:14	6:09
31	9.9	8:14	6:10

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 3 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

Hazard calendar for Al Aşābi‘ah

In seasonPeak

None of Al Aşābi‘ah'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 Aşābi‘ah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Al Aşābi‘ah?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Al Aşābi‘ah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Aşābi‘ah in December

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

In December, Al Aşābi‘ah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al Aşābi‘ah 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 Al Aşābi‘ah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	6	8	7	8	12	10	11	9	8	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al Aşābi‘ah 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 Aşābi‘ah is worst in April — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 29 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)	53	50	56	66	50	40	30	29	34	38	44	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	50	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah sits at 32.0°N, 12.9°E, 801 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Gharyan, 21 km away.

Topography around Al Aşābi‘ah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Aşābi‘ah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m around an average of 816 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 663 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 935 m.

The land around Al Aşābi‘ah is covered by grassland (50%) and bare terrain (25%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

214 m

grassland 50%

16 km

663 m

grassland 56%

80 km

935 m

bare terrain 66%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Al Aşābi‘ah year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Gharyan 21 km · Al Qawāsim 25 km · Yafran 32 km · Ar Rayāyinah 48 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 57 km · Zintan 59 km · Mizdah 66 km · An Nāşirīyah 67 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 39% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,449; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 21.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 395
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 Al Aşābi‘ah (32.0333°, 12.8667°, elevation 801 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	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	14	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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