Climate · Jeddah

Jeddah in December

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Jeddah is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 50 minutes.December in Jeddah is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 50 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
10h 50mon average

Is December a good time to visit Jeddah?


A good month, just outside Jeddah's best months, which run from January to February.

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 87°F in December, against 84°F to 101°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in December, against 0% to 11% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in December, against 19% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

10h 50m in December, against 10h 50m to 13h 25m 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. November92°33°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December87°31°low 71°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January84°29°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Jeddah sits, in December

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:53 AMsets 5:43 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Umluj434 km north-west

The land around Jeddah, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in December

high · low · wet days

  • Umluj81°27° · 64°18° 0
  • AlUla76°24° · 44°7° 0
  • Riyadh75°24° · 49°9° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jeddah. 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.