Climate averages 1991–2020
Chlef weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Chlef: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khemis Miliana (80 km away). In December its highs average 15.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chlef, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Chlef ranks joint 7th of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 37th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Chlef is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 55 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
Chlef climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 52 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 50 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 35 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 64 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 16.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 49 | 8.0 | 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
- Khemis Miliana in DecemberAlgeria · 80 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Relizane in DecemberAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Tiaret in DecemberAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Sougueur in DecemberAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Mostaganem in DecemberAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Médéa in DecemberAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Mascara in DecemberAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Blida in DecemberAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 75 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 Chlef) is explained once on the Chlef year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.