Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 43rd of 55 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Bir el Ater is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 17 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
Bir el Ater climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.9 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 10 | 2.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 21 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 11.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 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
- Feriana in DecemberTunisia · 51 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Tébessa in DecemberAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Gafsa in DecemberTunisia · 75 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Kasserine in DecemberTunisia · 85 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in DecemberAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 53 mm rain
- El Oued in DecemberAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 6.8 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 Bir el Ater) is explained once on the Bir el Ater year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.