Sāmarrā’ Weather in December
Sāmarrā’ in December
The short of it: Sāmarrā’ in December averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 35 mm · daylight 9 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Sāmarrā’ an average December high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 35 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 20°, with nights near 9°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 35 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 53 min in mid-December, 27 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates December 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and February.
Against its neighbours, Sāmarrā’ runs about middling and about as wet in December. Balad, 31 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Sāmarrā’, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaladSalah ad Din | 31 km SE | 20° | 8° | 34 mm |
| TikrītSalah ad Din | 50 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 37 mm |
| Ad DujaylSalah ad Din | 50 km SE | 20° | 8° | 32 mm |
| Al-'AlamSalah ad Din | 60 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 38 mm |
| HabhabDiyala | 73 km SE | 19° | 7° | 34 mm |
| KhālişDiyala | 74 km SE | 19° | 8° | 34 mm |
| BaqubahDiyala | 83 km SE | 19° | 7° | 34 mm |
| Ţūz KhūrmātūSalah ad Din | 103 km NE | 19° | 8° | 63 mm |