Climate averages 1991–2020
Batna weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Batna: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (76 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Batna, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Batna ranks joint 46th of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Batna is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 38 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
Batna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 31 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 57 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 6.8 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 38 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.810 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
- Barika in DecemberAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 19 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Biskra in DecemberAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 92 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Sétif in DecemberAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°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 Batna) is explained once on the Batna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.