Climate averages 1991–2020
M'Sila 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 M'Sila: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Achir (40 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 2.4°C cooler than M'Sila, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, M'Sila ranks 38th of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 16th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; M'Sila is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 23 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
M'Sila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 23 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 36.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 24 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 20 | 4.8 | 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
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 40 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 45 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in DecemberAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Barika in DecemberAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Sétif in DecemberAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in DecemberAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Béjaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 85 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 M'Sila) is explained once on the M'Sila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.