Climate averages 1991–2020
Souk Ahras weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Souk Ahras: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelma (51 km away). In December its highs average 14.9°C, 1.8°C warmer than Souk Ahras, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Souk Ahras ranks joint 36th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 42nd of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Souk Ahras is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 59 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
Souk Ahras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 68 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 68 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 58 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 28 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 11 | 3.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 27 | 6.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 48 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 54 | 8.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 53 | 9.3 | 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
- Guelma in DecemberAlgeria · 51 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Annaba in DecemberAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in DecemberAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Tébessa in DecemberAlgeria · 99 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- El Khroub in DecemberAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Skikda in DecemberAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Constantine in DecemberAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 44 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 Souk Ahras) is explained once on the Souk Ahras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.