Ar Rudayyif weather in December

In December, Ar Rudayyif sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ar Rudayyif's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Rudayyif's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:32 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ar Rudayyif reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Ar Rudayyif

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.

Ar Rudayyif weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	14	2.9	10	4.9
Feb	15° / 6°	12	2.4	10.7	6.0
Mar	19° / 9°	18	3.6	11.7	7.5
Apr	23° / 12°	17	3.2	12.8	8.3
May	29° / 17°	10	2.4	13.8	7.0
Jun	34° / 22°	4	1.2	14.3	4.0
Jul	37° / 25°	2	0.7	14.1	2.2
Aug	36° / 24°	7	1.9	13.3	2.6
Sep	31° / 21°	18	3.6	12.2	5.4
Oct	26° / 16°	16	3.1	11.1	8.1
Nov	19° / 10°	17	3.1	10.2	7.5
Dec	15° / 6°	12	2.6	9.7	5.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 21%.

	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	80	79	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	79	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	21	21	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ar Rudayyif gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	9
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	7
29	7
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 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	10	10	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	10	calm
10	10	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 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 42 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 7:21 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 5:22 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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:39
Sunset (PM)	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:21	5:13
2	9.9	7:22	5:13
3	9.8	7:23	5:13
4	9.8	7:24	5:13
5	9.8	7:24	5:13
6	9.8	7:25	5:13
7	9.8	7:26	5:13
8	9.8	7:27	5:13
9	9.8	7:27	5:13
10	9.8	7:28	5:13
11	9.7	7:29	5:14
12	9.7	7:30	5:14
13	9.7	7:30	5:14
14	9.7	7:31	5:14
15	9.7	7:32	5:15
16	9.7	7:32	5:15
17	9.7	7:33	5:15
18	9.7	7:33	5:16
19	9.7	7:34	5:16
20	9.7	7:34	5:16
21	9.7	7:35	5:17
22	9.7	7:35	5:17
23	9.7	7:36	5:18
24	9.7	7:36	5:18
25	9.7	7:37	5:19
26	9.7	7:37	5:19
27	9.7	7:37	5:20
28	9.7	7:38	5:21
29	9.7	7:38	5:21
30	9.7	7:38	5:22
31	9.7	7:39	5:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.93 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.93 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ar Rudayyif

In seasonPeak

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

Ar Rudayyif sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Dec

Is December a good time to visit Ar Rudayyif?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Ar Rudayyif for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ar Rudayyif in December

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

In December, Ar Rudayyif sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Ar Rudayyif 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 Ar Rudayyif peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (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)	3	5	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ar Rudayyif 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 Ar Rudayyif is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	24	22	26	32	30	31	27	27	27	27	24	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ar Rudayyif?

Ar Rudayyif sits at 34.4°N, 8.2°E, 569 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Moularès, 16 km away.

Topography around Ar Rudayyif

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Rudayyif has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m around an average of 591 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 927 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,504 m.

The land around Ar Rudayyif is covered by bare terrain (80%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

261 m

bare terrain 80%

16 km

927 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

1,504 m

bare terrain 81%

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

December weather nearby: Moularès 16 km · Metlaoui 24 km · Bir el Ater 41 km · Tozeur 52 km · Gafsa 58 km · El Ksar 60 km · Nefta 62 km · Feriana 73 km

Tunisia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,657; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 65%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 498
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 Ar Rudayyif (34.3827°, 8.1555°, elevation 569 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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	15	7
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	14	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	14	6
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	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