Khamis Mushait weather in December

In December, Khamis Mushait sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Khamis Mushait's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khamis Mushait's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:38 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Khamis Mushait is city in Saudi Arabia.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical December day in Khamis Mushait reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°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)	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Khamis Mushait weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 10°	24	4.2	11	7.8
Feb	22° / 12°	17	3.5	11.4	8.2
Mar	23° / 13°	40	9.1	11.9	7.7
Apr	25° / 15°	58	10.9	12.4	7.1
May	28° / 17°	46	11.5	12.8	6.3
Jun	30° / 19°	26	7.6	13.1	5.5
Jul	29° / 20°	61	13.6	13	5.0
Aug	28° / 19°	114	23.4	12.6	4.2
Sep	28° / 17°	35	10.3	12.1	6.4
Oct	26° / 14°	8	1.5	11.6	8.9
Nov	23° / 12°	8	2.3	11.1	8.8
Dec	21° / 10°	6	1.3	10.9	8.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

	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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Khamis Mushait gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 7% 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 (%)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7

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

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 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
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 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of December to 10 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 6:29 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:40 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)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:30	6:31	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	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45
Sunset (PM)	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:29	5:28
2	11.0	6:30	5:28
3	11.0	6:31	5:29
4	11.0	6:31	5:29
5	11.0	6:32	5:29
6	10.9	6:32	5:29
7	10.9	6:33	5:29
8	10.9	6:34	5:30
9	10.9	6:34	5:30
10	10.9	6:35	5:30
11	10.9	6:35	5:31
12	10.9	6:36	5:31
13	10.9	6:36	5:31
14	10.9	6:37	5:32
15	10.9	6:37	5:32
16	10.9	6:38	5:32
17	10.9	6:39	5:33
18	10.9	6:39	5:33
19	10.9	6:40	5:34
20	10.9	6:40	5:34
21	10.9	6:41	5:35
22	10.9	6:41	5:35
23	10.9	6:41	5:36
24	10.9	6:42	5:36
25	10.9	6:42	5:37
26	10.9	6:43	5:37
27	10.9	6:43	5:38
28	10.9	6:44	5:38
29	10.9	6:44	5:39
30	10.9	6:44	5:39
31	10.9	6:45	5:40

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 5.14 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Khamis Mushait

In seasonPeak

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

Khamis Mushait sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Is December a good time to visit Khamis Mushait?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Khamis Mushait for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Khamis Mushait in December

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

In December, Khamis Mushait sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Khamis Mushait in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khamis Mushait peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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)	10	13	14	15	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Khamis Mushait 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 Khamis Mushait is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 25 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)	29	34	35	37	38	47	48	45	40	29	25	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	47	Poor
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khamis Mushait?

Khamis Mushait sits at 18.3°N, 42.7°E, 1,998 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Abha, 26 km away.

Topography around Khamis Mushait

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khamis Mushait has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 2,006 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,916 m.

The land around Khamis Mushait is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (80%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

64 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

410 m

bare terrain 80%

80 km

2,916 m

bare terrain 73%

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

December weather nearby: Abha 26 km · Sarāt ‘Abīdah 48 km · Bariq 110 km · An Nimas 114 km · Fayfā’ 121 km · Şabyā 128 km · Ḑamad 133 km · Abū ‘Arīsh 148 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $34,537; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 35.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 404

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 Khamis Mushait (18.3°, 42.7333°, elevation 1,998 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	22	11
2	22	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	22	11
2	22	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
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	22	11
2	22	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
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