Messaad weather in December

In December, Messaad sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.5 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Messaad's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Messaad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 13 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:50 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Messaad is human settlement.

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 14°C through the month.

A typical December day in Messaad reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 18°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)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3

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

How December really feels in Messaad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 5 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

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Messaad weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 3°	14	3.1	10	4.3
Feb	14° / 4°	12	2.7	10.7	5.3
Mar	18° / 7°	14	3.3	11.7	7.2
Apr	22° / 10°	18	3.6	12.8	8.0
May	28° / 15°	15	2.6	13.8	7.5
Jun	33° / 21°	8	2.2	14.2	4.3
Jul	37° / 24°	4	0.9	14	2.0
Aug	36° / 23°	8	2.7	13.3	2.6
Sep	30° / 19°	25	4.5	12.2	5.8
Oct	24° / 13°	18	3.3	11.1	8.2
Nov	17° / 7°	13	2.7	10.2	6.8
Dec	14° / 4°	13	2.5	9.8	4.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	74	74	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	26	26	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Messaad gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	9
3	9
4	9
5	9
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	9
15	9
16	9
17	9
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	8
24	8
25	7
26	7
27	7
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 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 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 7:39 AM to 7:57 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:42 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	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	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:57
Sunset (PM)	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:39	5:32
2	9.9	7:40	5:32
3	9.9	7:41	5:32
4	9.8	7:42	5:32
5	9.8	7:42	5:32
6	9.8	7:43	5:32
7	9.8	7:44	5:32
8	9.8	7:45	5:32
9	9.8	7:45	5:33
10	9.8	7:46	5:33
11	9.8	7:47	5:33
12	9.8	7:48	5:33
13	9.8	7:48	5:33
14	9.7	7:49	5:34
15	9.7	7:50	5:34
16	9.7	7:50	5:34
17	9.7	7:51	5:34
18	9.7	7:51	5:35
19	9.7	7:52	5:35
20	9.7	7:52	5:36
21	9.7	7:53	5:36
22	9.7	7:53	5:37
23	9.7	7:54	5:37
24	9.7	7:54	5:38
25	9.7	7:55	5:38
26	9.7	7:55	5:39
27	9.7	7:55	5:39
28	9.7	7:56	5:40
29	9.7	7:56	5:40
30	9.7	7:56	5:41
31	9.8	7:57	5:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.95 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)	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Messaad

In seasonPeak

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

Messaad 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 Messaad?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Messaad for sightseeing.

What to pack for Messaad in December

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

In December, Messaad sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Messaad in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Messaad peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	7	8	10	10	8	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Messaad 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 Messaad is worst in June — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× 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)	13	17	27	33	34	40	35	33	35	23	14	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	33	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Messaad?

Messaad sits at 34.2°N, 3.5°E, 777 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is ’Aïn el Bell, 33 km away.

Topography around Messaad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Messaad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m around an average of 789 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,208 m.

The land around Messaad is covered by bare terrain (60%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

232 m

bare terrain 60%

16 km

390 m

bare terrain 86%

80 km

1,208 m

bare terrain 78%

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

December weather nearby: ’Aïn el Bell 33 km · Feidh el Botma 45 km · Djelfa 62 km · Laghouat 71 km · Dar Chioukh 83 km · Charef 83 km · El Idrissia 95 km · ’Aïn el Melh 97 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 Messaad (34.1543°, 3.5031°, elevation 777 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	15	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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