Climate averages 1991–2020
Khenchela weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Khenchela: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aïn Beïda (46 km away). In December its highs average 11.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Khenchela, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Khenchela ranks joint 51st of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Khenchela is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 33 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
Khenchela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 43 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 37 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 20 | 4.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 10 | 3.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 5.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 31 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 28 | 5.7 | 9.810 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
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 46 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Batna in DecemberAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Tébessa in DecemberAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 101 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in DecemberAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Guelma in DecemberAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in DecemberAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 53 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 Khenchela) is explained once on the Khenchela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.