Zarqa Weather in December
Zarqa in December
The short of it: Zarqa in December averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 10 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 40 mm · daylight 10 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Zarqa an average December high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 40 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 16°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 3 min in mid-December, 25 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Zarqa runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Russeifa, 7 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Zarqa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 17 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RusseifaZarqa | 7 km SSW | 15° | 6° | 43 mm |
| AmmanAmman | 19 km SW | 14° | 6° | 56 mm |
| Az̧ Z̧ulaylZarqa | 19 km ENE | 16° | 6° | 34 mm |
| Al JubayhahAmman | 19 km WSW | 13° | 5° | 66 mm |
| Ḩayy al QuwaysimahAmman | 22 km SW | 14° | 5° | 57 mm |
| ṢuwayliḥBalqa | 24 km WSW | 13° | 5° | 71 mm |
| SaḩābAmman | 24 km SSW | 15° | 5° | 48 mm |
| Ḩayy KhildāAmman | 25 km WSW | 13° | 5° | 67 mm |