Climate averages 1991–2020
Messaad weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Messaad: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djelfa (62 km away). In December its highs average 10.8°C, 2.5°C cooler than Messaad, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Messaad ranks joint 34th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Messaad is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 14 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
Messaad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 18 | 3.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 14 | 2.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 8.2 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.4 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 9.910 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
- Djelfa in DecemberAlgeria · 62 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Laghouat in DecemberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in DecemberAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Aflou in DecemberAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in DecemberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in DecemberAlgeria · 154 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 5.4 mm rain
- M'Sila in DecemberAlgeria · 197 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 20 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 Messaad) is explained once on the Messaad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.