Climate averages 1991–2020
El Bayadh weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in El Bayadh: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aflou (111 km away). In December its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as El Bayadh, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Bayadh ranks 54th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; El Bayadh is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 20 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
El Bayadh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 20 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 19 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 24 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 28 | 5.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 21 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 9.8 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.9 | 1.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 11 | 3.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 10.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 10.010 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
- Aflou in DecemberAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Saïda in DecemberAlgeria · 150 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Laghouat in DecemberAlgeria · 171 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Sougueur in DecemberAlgeria · 173 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Tiaret in DecemberAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Mascara in DecemberAlgeria · 207 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in DecemberAlgeria · 226 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Relizane in DecemberAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 43 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 El Bayadh) is explained once on the El Bayadh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.