Climate averages 1991–2020
Jijel weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Jijel: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béjaïa (61 km away). In December its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Jijel, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Jijel ranks joint 17th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 55th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Jijel is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 128 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
Jijel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 128 | 13.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 111 | 13.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 96 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 88 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 62 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 18 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 16 | 2.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 127 | 13.4 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 15.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 136 | 13.4 | 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
- Béjaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 61 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 85 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Sétif in DecemberAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Skikda in DecemberAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 121 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 122 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 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 Jijel) is explained once on the Jijel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.