Climate averages 1991–2020
Béchar weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Béchar: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Errachidia (212 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Béchar, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béchar ranks joint 11th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Béchar is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.9 mm to 7.8 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
Béchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8 | 2.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 36.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 39.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 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
- Errachidia in DecemberMorocco · 212 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Guercif in DecemberMorocco · 309 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Taourirt in DecemberMorocco · 317 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Taza in DecemberMorocco · 333 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Oujda in DecemberMorocco · 342 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Ifrane in DecemberMorocco · 344 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Sefrou in DecemberMorocco · 347 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Khenifra in DecemberMorocco · 355 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 66 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 Béchar) is explained once on the Béchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.