Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In December its highs average 13.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 20th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Ghardaïa is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 8.9 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
Ghardaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 7.8 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 10.110 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
- Laghouat in DecemberAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Ouargla in DecemberAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Rouissat in DecemberAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Messaad in DecemberAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Aflou in DecemberAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Touggourt in DecemberAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Djelfa in DecemberAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- El Bayadh in DecemberAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 17 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 Ghardaïa) is explained once on the Ghardaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.