Climate averages 1991–2020
Béjaïa weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Béjaïa: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jijel (61 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Béjaïa, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béjaïa ranks joint 21st of 55 for the warmest December highs and 51st of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Béjaïa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 87 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
Béjaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 87 | 11.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 76 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 15 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 71 | 9.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 15.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 10.1 | 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
- Jijel in DecemberAlgeria · 61 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Sétif in DecemberAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 81 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 87 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in DecemberAlgeria · 93 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 109 mm rain
- M'Sila in DecemberAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 143 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 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 Béjaïa) is explained once on the Béjaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.