Climate averages 1991–2020
Bou Saâda 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 Bou Saâda: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is M'Sila (65 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Bou Saâda, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bou Saâda ranks joint 34th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Bou Saâda is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 23 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
Bou Saâda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 23 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 32 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 28 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 37.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 7.8 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 13 | 4.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 34 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 13.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 18 | 4.0 | 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
- M'Sila in DecemberAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Djelfa in DecemberAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in DecemberAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Barika in DecemberAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in DecemberAlgeria · 118 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Messaad in DecemberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 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 Bou Saâda) is explained once on the Bou Saâda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.