Turabah weather in December

In December, Turabah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of December to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Turabah's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turabah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
12°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
6:48 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
20%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.8
out of 10

Turabah is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

Density
3/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical December day in Turabah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Turabah

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Turabah weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 11°61.410.98.8
Feb28° / 13°20.511.38.2
Mar31° / 16°102.411.96.0
Apr34° / 19°143.412.53.9
May37° / 23°51.6131.9
Jun39° / 24°0013.30.6
Jul39° / 25°00.113.20.6
Aug40° / 25°10.312.70.3
Sep38° / 23°0012.11.5
Oct33° / 19°20.511.54.6
Nov29° / 15°30.9117.3
Dec26° / 12°20.610.78.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 9%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2937
3937
4937
5937
6928
7928
8919
99010
109010
119010
129010
139010
149010
159010
169010
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25919
26919
279010
289010
299010
308911
318911

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Turabah gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 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 3% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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23
33
43
53
63
73
83
93
103
113
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133
143
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162
172
182
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202
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262
272
283
293
303
313

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1946
2946
3946
4946
5946
6946
7955
8955
9955
10955
11964
12964
13964
14973
15973
16973
17982
18982
19982
20991
21991
22991
23991
241000
251000
261000
271000
281000
291000
301000
311000

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
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915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of December to 10 h 42 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 6:39 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.86:395:27
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310.86:405:28
410.86:415:28
510.86:425:28
610.86:425:28
710.86:435:28
810.86:445:29
910.76:445:29
1010.76:455:29
1110.76:455:29
1210.76:465:30
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.73 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 4.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Turabah

In seasonPeak

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

Turabah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Turabah?

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

8.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Turabah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Turabah in December

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

In December, Turabah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Turabah in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Turabah peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 11UV 12Dec 15UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov7High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Turabah 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 Turabah is worst in February — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 46 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 1983 µg/m³Oct 1347 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan77Unhealthy
Feb83Unhealthy
Mar81Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun58Unhealthy
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep52Poor
Oct46Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Turabah?

Turabah sits at 21.2°N, 41.6°E, 1,164 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al ‘Aqīq, 67 km away.

RanyahTa'ifAl BahahAsh ShafāBaljurashiQal‘at Bīshah

Topography around Turabah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turabah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 1,157 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m.

The land around Turabah is covered by bare terrain (73%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
254 m
80 km
992 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Al ‘Aqīq 67 km · Al Khurmah 88 km · Ranyah 126 km · Ta'if 126 km · Al Bahah 135 km · Ash Shafā 137 km · Baljurashi 151 km · Qal‘at Bīshah 169 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 Turabah (21.2141°, 41.6331°, elevation 1,164 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).