Climate · Manama

Manama in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Manama is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 64°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 31 minutes.December in Manama is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 31 minutes.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
10h 31mon average

Is December a good time to visit Manama?


Yes. December is one of Manama's best months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in December, against 69°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in December, against 21°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in December, against 0% to 11% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in December, against 10% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

10h 31m in December, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. November83°28°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December74°23°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January69°21°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Manama sits, in December

Asia/Bahrain

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:17 AMsets 4:48 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Manama, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Manama is our one place in Bahrain so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km west of Manama. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.