Climate · Riyadh

Riyadh in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Riyadh is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 49°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 38 minutes.December in Riyadh is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 38 minutes.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
10h 38mon average

Is December a good time to visit Riyadh?


Yes. December is one of Riyadh's best months (December 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 75°F in December, against 71°F to 112°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in December, against 22°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in December, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in December, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

10h 38m in December, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m 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. November85°29°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December75°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January71°22°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Riyadh sits, in December

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:30 AMsets 5:07 PM
Above the sea
590 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Jeddah844 km west

The land around Riyadh, 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

  • Jeddah87°31° · 71°22° 1
  • Umluj81°27° · 64°18° 0
  • AlUla76°24° · 44°7° 0

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