Biskra weather in December

In December, Biskra sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of December to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Biskra's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Biskra's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:43 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Biskra is city in Algeria.

Density: 1,605/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical December day in Biskra reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°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	19	19	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	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How December really feels in Biskra

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.

Biskra weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	13	2.3	9.9	6.8
Feb	19° / 8°	8	1.9	10.7	7.8
Mar	23° / 11°	15	2.5	11.7	8.5
Apr	27° / 15°	16	2.5	12.9	8.0
May	32° / 20°	6	1.6	13.8	4.9
Jun	38° / 26°	2	0.7	14.3	1.6
Jul	41° / 28°	1	0.2	14.1	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	4	0.9	13.3	0.3
Sep	35° / 24°	17	2.5	12.2	3.4
Oct	29° / 18°	13	2.3	11.1	7.0
Nov	22° / 12°	12	2.2	10.2	8.3
Dec	18° / 8°	11	2.2	9.7	7.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83
Cloudier (%)	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Biskra gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 11 km/h in December.

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	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of December to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:31 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:50
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:32	5:22
2	9.8	7:33	5:22
3	9.8	7:34	5:22
4	9.8	7:34	5:22
5	9.8	7:35	5:22
6	9.8	7:36	5:22
7	9.7	7:37	5:22
8	9.7	7:38	5:22
9	9.7	7:38	5:22
10	9.7	7:39	5:22
11	9.7	7:40	5:22
12	9.7	7:41	5:22
13	9.7	7:41	5:23
14	9.7	7:42	5:23
15	9.7	7:42	5:23
16	9.7	7:43	5:23
17	9.7	7:44	5:24
18	9.7	7:44	5:24
19	9.7	7:45	5:24
20	9.7	7:45	5:25
21	9.7	7:46	5:25
22	9.7	7:46	5:26
23	9.7	7:47	5:26
24	9.7	7:47	5:27
25	9.7	7:48	5:27
26	9.7	7:48	5:28
27	9.7	7:48	5:28
28	9.7	7:49	5:29
29	9.7	7:49	5:30
30	9.7	7:49	5:30
31	9.7	7:50	5:31

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.86 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.86 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Biskra

In seasonPeak

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

Biskra sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Biskra?

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

7.2

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 Biskra for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Biskra in December

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

In December, Biskra sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Biskra in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Biskra peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	6	8	9	8	8	7	6	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Biskra 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 Biskra is worst in June — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 18 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)	21	20	28	37	38	46	39	36	35	27	19	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	46	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Biskra?

Biskra sits at 34.9°N, 5.7°E, 115 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Sidi Okba, 19 km away.

Topography around Biskra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Biskra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,325 m.

The land around Biskra is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and bare terrain (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

101 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

480 m

bare terrain 87%

80 km

2,325 m

bare terrain 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Sidi Okba 19 km · Tolga 35 km · Aïn Touta 61 km · Barika 68 km · Arris 72 km · Zeribet el Oued 74 km · Ouled Djellal 77 km · N’Gaous 79 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 Biskra (34.8504°, 5.728°, elevation 115 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	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	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