Climate averages 1991–2020
Tizi Ouzou weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tizi Ouzou: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rouiba (68 km away). In December its highs average 16.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Tizi Ouzou, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tizi Ouzou ranks 25th of 55 for the warmest December highs and 53rd of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Tizi Ouzou is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 111 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
Tizi Ouzou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 111 | 12.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 81 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 11 | 2.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 8.5 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 60 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 102 | 12.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 109 | 11.3 | 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
- Rouiba in DecemberAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Bab Ezzouar in DecemberAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Algiers in DecemberAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 80 mm rain
- El Achir in DecemberAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Béjaïa in DecemberAlgeria · 93 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in DecemberAlgeria · 96 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Beni Mered in DecemberAlgeria · 108 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Blida in DecemberAlgeria · 112 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 75 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 Tizi Ouzou) is explained once on the Tizi Ouzou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.