Going from a maximum of +24°C during the day to a minimum of +19°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +22°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 40% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +23°C to +21°C.
Bahrain is typically mild in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +25°C to +20°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +24°C to +19°C.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
December is one of the coolest months in Bahrain, here is the comparison with other months:
November | December | January | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+25°C | +20°C | +18°C | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+15°C | +10°C | +10°C | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+31°C | +28°C | +24°C | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
7 mm | 13 mm | 12 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
4 m/s | 5 m/s | 5 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
69% | 73% | 73% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1015 HPa | 1018 HPa | 1018 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
20 | 16 | 16 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
8 | 11 | 10 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
December weather is still as great as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +25°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +20°C. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 7 mm to 13 mm. Humidity rises from 69% to 73%. Winds are stronger in comparison to November, going up from 4 m/s to 5 m/s on average. The days becoming less sunny, going from 20 sunny days in November to 16 in December.
January brings much the same weather, it remains great.
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 9 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Bahrain is gradually decreasing during December, going from 6 m/s to 5 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Bahrain in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+25°C) and the highest in 2023 (+28°C). The driest year was 2010 with only 6 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1995 with 154 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Bahrain, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.