Béchar weather in December

In December, Béchar sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Béchar's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Béchar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:07 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Béchar is city and capital of Béchar Province, Algeria.

Density: 33/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical December day in Béchar reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	5
31	17	5

How December really feels in Béchar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Béchar weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 5°	8	2.1	10.2	7.0
Feb	19° / 7°	7	1.7	10.8	7.9
Mar	23° / 11°	8	1.4	11.8	8.8
Apr	28° / 15°	4	1.1	12.8	8.1
May	32° / 20°	3	0.8	13.6	5.1
Jun	37° / 25°	2	0.5	14	1.8
Jul	41° / 28°	1	0.2	13.9	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	2	0.5	13.2	0.3
Sep	35° / 23°	10	1.3	12.2	3.3
Oct	29° / 17°	11	1.9	11.2	7.2
Nov	22° / 11°	14	2.1	10.4	8.4
Dec	18° / 6°	7	1.3	10	7.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83
Cloudier (%)	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Béchar gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	4
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:56 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:13
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:56	6:01
2	10.1	7:57	6:01
3	10.1	7:58	6:01
4	10.0	7:58	6:01
5	10.0	7:59	6:01
6	10.0	8:00	6:01
7	10.0	8:01	6:01
8	10.0	8:01	6:02
9	10.0	8:02	6:02
10	10.0	8:03	6:02
11	10.0	8:03	6:02
12	10.0	8:04	6:02
13	10.0	8:05	6:03
14	10.0	8:05	6:03
15	10.0	8:06	6:03
16	9.9	8:07	6:03
17	9.9	8:07	6:04
18	9.9	8:08	6:04
19	9.9	8:08	6:05
20	9.9	8:09	6:05
21	9.9	8:09	6:05
22	9.9	8:10	6:06
23	9.9	8:10	6:06
24	9.9	8:11	6:07
25	9.9	8:11	6:07
26	9.9	8:11	6:08
27	9.9	8:12	6:09
28	9.9	8:12	6:09
29	10.0	8:13	6:10
30	10.0	8:13	6:10
31	10.0	8:13	6:11

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.49 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Béchar

In seasonPeak

None of Béchar's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Béchar sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Béchar?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Béchar for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Béchar in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Béchar sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Béchar in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Béchar peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Béchar in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Béchar is worst in April — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	27	34	51	45	44	40	42	39	25	16	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	51	Poor
May	45	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Béchar?

Béchar sits at 31.6°N, 2.2°W, 780 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Bouarfa, 105 km away.

Topography around Béchar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Béchar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Béchar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 788 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 582 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,408 m.

The land around Béchar is covered by bare terrain (51%) and artificial surfaces (46%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

bare terrain 51%

16 km

582 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

1,408 m

bare terrain 99%

treesartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Béchar year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Bouarfa 105 km · Merzouga 180 km · Arfoud 192 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 198 km · Reçani 198 km · Aïn Sefra 199 km · Errachidia 212 km · Rich 227 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Béchar (31.6167°, -2.2167°, elevation 780 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	4
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	4
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	4
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100