Climate averages 1991–2020
Laghouat weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Laghouat: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Messaad (71 km away). In December its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Laghouat, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Laghouat ranks 30th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Laghouat is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 11 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
Laghouat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 12 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 16 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 12 | 2.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 7.1 | 2.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 13.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 12 | 2.0 | 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
- Messaad in DecemberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Aflou in DecemberAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Djelfa in DecemberAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in DecemberAlgeria · 142 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 5.4 mm rain
- El Bayadh in DecemberAlgeria · 171 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in DecemberAlgeria · 184 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in DecemberAlgeria · 197 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 18 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 Laghouat) is explained once on the Laghouat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.