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Algiers in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Algiers is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 41 minutes.December in Algiers is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 41 minutes.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
9h 41mon average

Is December a good time to visit Algiers?

December sits outside Algiers's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in December, against 63°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in December, against 17°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in December, against 1% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in December, against 14% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

9h 41m in December, against 9h 41m to 14h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November72°22°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December65°18°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January63°17°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Algiers sits, in December

Africa/Algiers
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:53 AMsets 5:33 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Algiers, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Algiers is our one place in Algeria so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Algiers

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km south-east of Algiers. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.