Aqaba Weather in December
Aqaba in December
The short of it: Aqaba in December averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 10 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 10 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Aqaba an average December high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 2.0 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 19°, with nights near 8°. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 15 min in mid-December, 22 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Aqaba runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Eilat, 7 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Aqaba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EilatSouthern District | 7 km WNW | 20° | 8° | 2.0 mm |
| TabaSouth Sinai | 12 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 2.0 mm |
| Tala BayAqaba | 13 km SSW | 20° | 8° | 1.0 mm |
| Be’er OraSouthern District | 20 km N | 20° | 7° | 2.0 mm |
| ḨaqlAl Jawf Region | 27 km SSW | 21° | 9° | 1.0 mm |
| YotvataSouthern District | 41 km N | 20° | 8° | 3.0 mm |
| Al QuwayrahMa’an | 42 km NE | 16° | 5° | 6.0 mm |
| Nuwaybi‘aSouth Sinai | 63 km SSW | 20° | 10° | 1.0 mm |