Qurayyat weather in December

In December, Qurayyat sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 66% 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 Qurayyat's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qurayyat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:28 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Qurayyat 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Qurayyat reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°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	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	16
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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

How December really feels in Qurayyat

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.

Qurayyat weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-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	15° / 4°	8	2.2	10.2	5.9
Feb	18° / 6°	6	1.8	10.9	7.2
Mar	22° / 9°	7	1.3	11.8	8.6
Apr	27° / 13°	3	0.6	12.7	8.1
May	32° / 17°	2	0.5	13.6	5.1
Jun	36° / 20°	0	0	14	2.9
Jul	38° / 22°	0	0	13.8	1.7
Aug	38° / 23°	0	0	13.1	1.7
Sep	35° / 20°	0	0	12.2	3.5
Oct	30° / 16°	2	0.3	11.2	6.8
Nov	22° / 10°	6	1.1	10.4	8.6
Dec	17° / 5°	6	1.3	10	7.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 19%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Qurayyat gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.3 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 4% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

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

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 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	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 7:17 AM to 7:34 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:33 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	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:34
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33

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

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.36 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.36 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Qurayyat

In seasonPeak

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

Qurayyat sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Qurayyat?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Qurayyat in December

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

In December, Qurayyat sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Qurayyat 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 Qurayyat 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	5	7	7	10	11	11	10	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Qurayyat 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 Qurayyat is worst in May — around 60 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)	40	45	52	59	60	53	53	51	48	47	42	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	60	Unhealthy
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Qurayyat?

Qurayyat sits at 31.3°N, 37.3°E, 498 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ţubarjal, 124 km away.

Topography around Qurayyat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qurayyat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 500 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m.

The land around Qurayyat is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and bare terrain (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

144 m

bare terrain 93%

80 km

532 m

bare terrain 98%

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

December weather nearby: Ţubarjal 124 km · Ţurayf 131 km · Turaif 131 km · Az̧ Z̧ulayl 133 km · Saḩāb 140 km · Russeifa 144 km · Zarqa 144 km · Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 147 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 Qurayyat (31.3318°, 37.3428°, elevation 498 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	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	5
15	17	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	16	5
26	16	5
27	16	5
28	16	5
29	16	5
30	16	5
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	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