Climate averages 1991–2020
Aflou weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Aflou: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (78 km away). In December its highs average 13.7°C, 3.6°C warmer than Aflou, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Aflou ranks 55th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Aflou is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aflou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 18 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 25 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 4.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 32.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 32 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 10.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Laghouat in DecemberAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 12 mm rain
- El Bayadh in DecemberAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Djelfa in DecemberAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Messaad in DecemberAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Sougueur in DecemberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in DecemberAlgeria · 136 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Tiaret in DecemberAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in DecemberAlgeria · 166 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 20 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aflou) is explained once on the Aflou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.