Taïbet weather in December

In December, Taïbet sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 72% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Taïbet's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taïbet's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:36 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

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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 Taïbet reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 5°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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How December really feels in Taïbet

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.

Taïbet weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 6°	9	1.4	10.1	6.8
Feb	19° / 7°	4	1.1	10.8	8.0
Mar	23° / 11°	7	1.6	11.7	8.8
Apr	28° / 15°	7	1.1	12.8	8.0
May	33° / 20°	3	0.5	13.7	4.7
Jun	38° / 25°	1	0.1	14.1	1.5
Jul	41° / 28°	0	0	14	0.0
Aug	40° / 27°	1	0.2	13.2	0.2
Sep	35° / 24°	4	0.9	12.2	3.1
Oct	29° / 18°	5	1.1	11.2	6.9
Nov	22° / 11°	8	1.4	10.3	8.6
Dec	17° / 7°	7	1.5	9.9	7.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Taïbet gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.5 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 4% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

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

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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 13 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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:33 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)	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:42
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:25	5:23
2	10.0	7:26	5:23
3	9.9	7:27	5:23
4	9.9	7:27	5:23
5	9.9	7:28	5:23
6	9.9	7:29	5:23
7	9.9	7:30	5:23
8	9.9	7:30	5:24
9	9.9	7:31	5:24
10	9.9	7:32	5:24
11	9.9	7:33	5:24
12	9.8	7:33	5:24
13	9.8	7:34	5:25
14	9.8	7:35	5:25
15	9.8	7:35	5:25
16	9.8	7:36	5:25
17	9.8	7:36	5:26
18	9.8	7:37	5:26
19	9.8	7:38	5:26
20	9.8	7:38	5:27
21	9.8	7:39	5:27
22	9.8	7:39	5:28
23	9.8	7:40	5:28
24	9.8	7:40	5:29
25	9.8	7:40	5:29
26	9.8	7:41	5:30
27	9.8	7:41	5:30
28	9.8	7:41	5:31
29	9.8	7:42	5:32
30	9.8	7:42	5:32
31	9.8	7:42	5:33

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.21 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)	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3
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	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Taïbet

In seasonPeak

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

Taïbet sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Taïbet?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Taïbet in December

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

In December, Taïbet sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Taïbet in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taïbet peaks around June 20 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (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)	3	5	7	6	6	10	9	9	8	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Taïbet 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 Taïbet is worst in April — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 44 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)	54	58	81	109	97	101	72	66	64	50	44	44
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	81	Unhealthy
Apr	109	Unhealthy
May	97	Unhealthy
Jun	101	Unhealthy
Jul	72	Unhealthy
Aug	66	Unhealthy
Sep	64	Unhealthy
Oct	50	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Taïbet?

Taïbet sits at 33.1°N, 6.4°E, 88 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Tebesbest, 29 km away.

Topography around Taïbet

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taïbet has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 102 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m.

The land around Taïbet is covered by bare terrain (93%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

bare terrain 93%

16 km

38 m

bare terrain 99%

80 km

205 m

bare terrain 98%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Tebesbest 29 km · Touggourt 30 km · Megarine 31 km · Robbah 53 km · El Oued 53 km · Sidi Amrane 58 km · Guemar 58 km · Reguiba 61 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 Taïbet (33.0851°, 6.3891°, elevation 88 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	19	8
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0