Al Ḩazm weather in December

In December, Al Ḩazm sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 89% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al Ḩazm's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Ḩazm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:26 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.4
out of 10

Al Ḩazm is human settlement in Yemen.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical December day in Al Ḩazm reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Al Ḩazm

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.

Al Ḩazm weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 11°10.211.19.2
Feb28° / 13°10.411.58.3
Mar31° / 17°30.811.96.2
Apr33° / 19°61.512.44.7
May35° / 21°30.812.73.0
Jun37° / 22°20.212.91.8
Jul37° / 23°51.912.91.7
Aug37° / 23°103.612.51.8
Sep35° / 20°00.112.13.1
Oct31° / 17°20.411.66.4
Nov27° / 14°0011.28.8
Dec25° / 11°0011.19.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 89% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1946
2946
3946
4946
5955
6955
7955
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10955
11955
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14946
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26937
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Al Ḩazm gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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.

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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of December to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:175:24
211.16:185:24
311.16:195:24
411.16:195:24
511.16:205:25
611.16:205:25
711.16:215:25
811.16:215:26
911.16:225:26
1011.16:235:26
1111.16:235:26
1211.16:245:27
1311.16:245:27
1411.06:255:28
1511.06:255:28
1611.06:265:28
1711.06:265:29
1811.06:275:29
1911.06:275:30
2011.06:285:30
2111.06:285:31
2211.06:295:31
2311.06:295:31
2411.06:305:32
2511.06:305:32
2611.06:315:33
2711.06:315:33
2811.06:315:34
2911.06:325:34
3011.06:325:35
3111.16:335:36

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 5.72 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 Al Ḩazm

In seasonPeak

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

Al Ḩazm sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is December a good time to visit Al Ḩazm?

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

9.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Ḩazm in December

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

In December, Al Ḩazm sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Ḩazm in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Ḩazm peaks around April 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 14UV 15Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al Ḩazm 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 Ḩazm is worst in February — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateFeb 1856 µg/m³Oct 2425 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb57Unhealthy
Mar52Poor
Apr48Poor
May43Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep35Poor
Oct25Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Ḩazm?

Al Ḩazm sits at 16.2°N, 44.8°E, 1,116 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Ma'rib, 98 km away.

Ma'rib‘AmrānSaḩarSanaaSayyānḨajjahSa'dahNajran

Topography around Al Ḩazm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ḩazm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 1,106 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 788 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,155 m.

The land around Al Ḩazm is covered by bare terrain (51%) and cropland (47%) within 3 km, bare terrain (92%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
788 m
80 km
2,155 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Ma'rib 98 km · ‘Amrān 105 km · Saḩar 107 km · Sanaa 109 km · Sayyān 121 km · Ḩajjah 136 km · Sa'dah 138 km · Najran 163 km

Yemen travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / D / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 7% of US
price level, 2013
GDP per capita
$634
2018
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Ḩazm (16.1641°, 44.7769°, elevation 1,116 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).