Al Quţayfah weather in December

In December, Al Quţayfah sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 21 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al Quţayfah's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Quţayfah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 21 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 6:37 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Al Quţayfah is village in Syria.

Density: 81/km²; people per km²

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 13°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al Quţayfah reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°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)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How December really feels in Al Quţayfah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 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

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Al Quţayfah 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 1°	30	5.8	2.9	10	1.9
Feb	10° / 2°	23	5.3	2.6	10.7	2.8
Mar	15° / 5°	20	4.6	0.8	11.7	5.3
Apr	20° / 8°	9	2.6	0.1	12.8	7.8
May	25° / 12°	8	2	0	13.7	8.6
Jun	30° / 16°	1	0.1	0	14.2	6.8
Jul	33° / 18°	0	0.1	0	14	4.9
Aug	33° / 19°	0	0.1	0	13.3	5.0
Sep	30° / 17°	1	0.2	0	12.2	7.4
Oct	24° / 13°	6	1.6	0	11.2	8.7
Nov	16° / 7°	14	3.3	0.1	10.2	6.2
Dec	11° / 3°	21	4.6	1	9.8	3.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	66	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	64	64
Cloudier (%)	34	34	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Al Quţayfah gets around 21 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5

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

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 7 km/h in December.

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 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 6:26 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 4:21 PM to 4:30 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43
Sunset (PM)	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:22	4:22	4:22	4:22	4:23	4:23	4:23	4:24	4:24	4:24	4:25	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:27	4:28	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	6:26	4:21
2	9.9	6:27	4:21
3	9.9	6:27	4:21
4	9.9	6:28	4:21
5	9.9	6:29	4:21
6	9.9	6:30	4:21
7	9.8	6:31	4:21
8	9.8	6:31	4:21
9	9.8	6:32	4:21
10	9.8	6:33	4:21
11	9.8	6:33	4:22
12	9.8	6:34	4:22
13	9.8	6:35	4:22
14	9.8	6:35	4:22
15	9.8	6:36	4:23
16	9.8	6:37	4:23
17	9.8	6:37	4:23
18	9.8	6:38	4:24
19	9.8	6:38	4:24
20	9.8	6:39	4:24
21	9.8	6:39	4:25
22	9.8	6:40	4:25
23	9.8	6:40	4:26
24	9.8	6:41	4:26
25	9.8	6:41	4:27
26	9.8	6:42	4:27
27	9.8	6:42	4:28
28	9.8	6:42	4:28
29	9.8	6:43	4:29
30	9.8	6:43	4:30
31	9.8	6:43	4:30

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.8 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.8 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.8 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Al Quţayfah?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Quţayfah.

What to pack for Al Quţayfah in December

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

In December, Al Quţayfah sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al Quţayfah 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 Quţayfah 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	4	5	7	9	11	10	10	8	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al Quţayfah 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 Quţayfah is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	28	32	34	37	33	26	23	24	29	31	29	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Al Quţayfah?

Al Quţayfah sits at 33.7°N, 36.6°E, 934 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Jayrūd, 15 km away.

Topography around Al Quţayfah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Quţayfah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m around an average of 952 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,212 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,556 m.

The land around Al Quţayfah is covered by grassland (29%), bare terrain (26%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (49%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

269 m

grassland 29%

16 km

1,212 m

bare terrain 56%

80 km

2,556 m

bare terrain 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Jayrūd 15 km · Dūmā 26 km · Yabrūd 26 km · Ḩarastā 30 km · At Tall 30 km · ‘Irbīn 31 km · An Nabk 34 km · Jaramānā 37 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2022
GDP per capita: $1,057; 2022
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2010
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 456
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 Quţayfah (33.7385°, 36.6007°, elevation 934 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	12	4
5	12	4
6	12	4
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	11	3
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	11	3
14	11	3
15	11	3
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	9	2
31	9	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	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