Climate averages 1991–2020
Annaba weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Annaba: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelma (57 km away). In December its highs average 14.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Annaba, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Annaba ranks joint 9th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 52nd of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Annaba is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 88 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
Annaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 88 | 11.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 75 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 58 | 9.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 41 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 59 | 8.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 90 | 12.4 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 16.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 91 | 12.2 | 9.710 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
- Guelma in DecemberAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in DecemberAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Skikda in DecemberAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 127 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Tébessa in DecemberAlgeria · 169 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 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 Annaba) is explained once on the Annaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.