Climate averages 1991–2020
Sétif 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 Sétif: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 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 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Eulma (25 km away). In December its highs average 11.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sétif, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sétif ranks 53rd of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 40th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Sétif is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 58 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
Sétif climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 24 | 6.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 11 | 4.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 24 | 7.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 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
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 25 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Béjaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 85 mm rain
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 72 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Jijel in DecemberAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Barika in DecemberAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 19 mm rain
- M'Sila in DecemberAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Batna in DecemberAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.1°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 Sétif) is explained once on the Sétif year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.