Climate averages 1991–2020
Tlemcen weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th 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 Tlemcen: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maghnia (38 km away). In December its highs average 16.2°C, 2.0°C warmer than Tlemcen, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tlemcen ranks 29th of 55 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 55 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 55 cities is 14.1°C; Tlemcen is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 57 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
Tlemcen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 57 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 50 | 7.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 58 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 35 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 27.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 10 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 39 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 58 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 14.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 43 | 7.2 | 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
- Maghnia in DecemberAlgeria · 38 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in DecemberAlgeria · 49 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Oujda in DecemberMorocco · 58 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in DecemberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Berkane in DecemberMorocco · 92 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Oran in DecemberAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Saïda in DecemberAlgeria · 134 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mascara in DecemberAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 42 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 Tlemcen) is explained once on the Tlemcen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.