Climate averages 1991–2020
Skikda weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Skikda: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Constantine (63 km away). In December its highs average 13.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Skikda, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Skikda ranks joint 21st of 55 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Skikda is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 113 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
Skikda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 113 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 75 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 54 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 66 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 116 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 121 | 12.7 | 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
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Guelma in DecemberAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Annaba in DecemberAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Jijel in DecemberAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in DecemberAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- El Eulma in DecemberAlgeria · 135 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 50 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 Skikda) is explained once on the Skikda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.