Ad Duraykīsh Weather in December
Ad Duraykīsh in December
The short of it: Ad Duraykīsh in December averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 199 mm (7.8 in) of rain and about 9 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 199 mm · daylight 9 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Ad Duraykīsh an average December high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 199 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 16°, with nights near 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 199 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 49 min in mid-December, 28 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Ad Duraykīsh runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Şāfītā, 9 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Ad Duraykīsh, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 89 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ŞāfītāTartus | 9 km SSW | 18° | 9° | 169 mm |
| Kaff al-JaaTartus | 22 km NNE | 13° | 5° | 232 mm |
| ŢarţūsTartus | 23 km W | 18° | 10° | 173 mm |
| MaşyāfHama | 26 km NE | 15° | 6° | 188 mm |
| TallkalakhHoms | 27 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 139 mm |
| Kafr LāhāHoms | 32 km E | 15° | 6° | 125 mm |
| BāniyāsTartus | 36 km NNW | 18° | 10° | 194 mm |
| HalbaAkkar | 40 km S | 19° | 10° | 139 mm |