Climate averages 1991–2020
Constantine weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Constantine: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Khroub (13 km away). In December its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Constantine, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Constantine ranks joint 32nd of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 32nd of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Constantine is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 45 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
Constantine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.8 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 31 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 36 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 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
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 13 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Skikda in DecemberAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Guelma in DecemberAlgeria · 73 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Jijel in DecemberAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Batna in DecemberAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Sétif in DecemberAlgeria · 109 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 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 Constantine) is explained once on the Constantine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.