Climate averages 1991–2020
Mascara weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Mascara: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Relizane (53 km away). In December its highs average 16.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Mascara, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Mascara ranks 28th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 29th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Mascara is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 48 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
Mascara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 32 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.4 | 2.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 34.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 54 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 7.5 | 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
- Relizane in DecemberAlgeria · 53 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Mostaganem in DecemberAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Saïda in DecemberAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in DecemberAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Oran in DecemberAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Tiaret in DecemberAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in DecemberAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Sougueur in DecemberAlgeria · 125 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 34 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 Mascara) is explained once on the Mascara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.