Manbij weather in December

In December, Manbij sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Manbij's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manbij's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 6:39 AM – 4:10 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Manbij is city in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

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 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical December day in Manbij reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°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)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How December really feels in Manbij

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.

Manbij weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 3°	49	9.1	0.7	9.8	2.8
Feb	13° / 4°	43	7.8	0.6	10.6	3.9
Mar	18° / 8°	38	7	0	11.7	6.3
Apr	24° / 12°	25	5.2	0	12.9	7.8
May	30° / 16°	17	3.6	0	13.9	6.1
Jun	36° / 21°	2	0.5	0	14.4	3.0
Jul	39° / 24°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.9
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0.1	0	13.4	1.2
Sep	34° / 20°	3	0.7	0	12.2	4.0
Oct	28° / 15°	23	3.8	0	11.1	7.2
Nov	19° / 9°	33	5.3	0	10.1	6.8
Dec	12° / 5°	49	8.2	0.3	9.6	3.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	57	56	56	55	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	54	55	55	54	54	54	52	51	50	49	49
Cloudier (%)	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	46	45	45	46	46	46	48	49	50	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Manbij gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	28

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

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 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	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	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 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 6:27 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 4:17 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)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	4:09	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:10	4:10	4:10	4:11	4:11	4:11	4:12	4:12	4:13	4:13	4:14	4:14	4:15	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	6:27	4:09
2	9.7	6:28	4:08
3	9.7	6:29	4:08
4	9.6	6:30	4:08
5	9.6	6:31	4:08
6	9.6	6:32	4:08
7	9.6	6:32	4:08
8	9.6	6:33	4:08
9	9.6	6:34	4:08
10	9.6	6:35	4:09
11	9.6	6:35	4:09
12	9.5	6:36	4:09
13	9.5	6:37	4:09
14	9.5	6:38	4:09
15	9.5	6:38	4:10
16	9.5	6:39	4:10
17	9.5	6:39	4:10
18	9.5	6:40	4:11
19	9.5	6:41	4:11
20	9.5	6:41	4:11
21	9.5	6:42	4:12
22	9.5	6:42	4:12
23	9.5	6:43	4:13
24	9.5	6:43	4:13
25	9.5	6:43	4:14
26	9.5	6:44	4:14
27	9.5	6:44	4:15
28	9.5	6:44	4:15
29	9.5	6:45	4:16
30	9.5	6:45	4:17
31	9.5	6:45	4:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.27 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.27 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)	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3
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	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Manbij?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Manbij.

What to pack for Manbij in December

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

In December, Manbij sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Manbij in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Manbij peaks around June 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	4	6	8	10	9	9	8	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Manbij 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 Manbij is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 18 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)	24	28	34	31	29	24	18	20	24	25	24	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Manbij?

Manbij sits at 36.5°N, 38.0°E, 468 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Jarābulus, 33 km away.

Topography around Manbij

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manbij has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 734 m.

The land around Manbij is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

252 m

cropland 71%

80 km

734 m

cropland 61%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Jarābulus 33 km · Kabbasin 36 km · Tādif 43 km · Al Bāb 43 km · Dayr Ḩāfir 47 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 54 km · Birecik 55 km · Nizip 55 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 Manbij (36.5281°, 37.9549°, elevation 468 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	5
8	13	5
9	13	5
10	13	5
11	13	5
12	13	5
13	13	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	11	4
29	11	4
30	11	4
31	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	49	51
31	49	51

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

	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