Climate averages 1991–2020
Médéa weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Médéa: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blida (24 km away). In December its highs average 15.3°C, 3.3°C warmer than Médéa, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Médéa ranks 41st of 55 for the warmest December highs and 44th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Médéa is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 61 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
Médéa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 61 | 9.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 55 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 63 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 50 | 7.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 13 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 32 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 12.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 8.9 | 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
- Blida in DecemberAlgeria · 24 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Beni Mered in DecemberAlgeria · 30 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in DecemberAlgeria · 48 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Algiers in DecemberAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Bab Ezzouar in DecemberAlgeria · 64 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Rouiba in DecemberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in DecemberAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in DecemberAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 109 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 Médéa) is explained once on the Médéa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.