Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in El Oued: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks 16th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; El Oued is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 9.9 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 Oued climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.6 | 1.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 36.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 39.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 39.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.7 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.3 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 16.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 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
- Touggourt in DecemberAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in DecemberAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Biskra in DecemberAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Ouargla in DecemberAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Rouissat in DecemberAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Gafsa in DecemberTunisia · 213 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Feriana in DecemberTunisia · 236 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 15 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 Oued) is explained once on the El Oued year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.