Amman Weather in December
Amman in December
The short of it: Amman in December averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 56 mm · daylight 10 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
December in Amman brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 6°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 14°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 4 min in mid-December, 24 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Amman runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Ḩayy al Quwaysimah, 5 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
December in Amman, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 24 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ḩayy al QuwaysimahAmman | 5 km S | 14° | 5° | 57 mm |
| Al JubayhahAmman | 8 km NW | 13° | 5° | 66 mm |
| Khuraybat as SūqAmman | 9 km SSW | 14° | 5° | 57 mm |
| Ḩayy KhildāAmman | 11 km WNW | 13° | 5° | 67 mm |
| Marj Al HamamAmman | 11 km WSW | 14° | 5° | 62 mm |
| SaḩābAmman | 11 km SSE | 15° | 5° | 48 mm |
| Umm as SummāqAmman | 12 km SW | 14° | 5° | 62 mm |
| RusseifaZarqa | 12 km NE | 15° | 6° | 43 mm |