Algiers climate

Name: Algiers
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Algiers is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 6.9 °C. November is the wettest month (87 mm) and July the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Algiers averages 580 mm of rain, 134 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 2,364,230 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 32 °C
Coldest month February 6.9 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 87 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record February -1.4 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectAlgiers through the year

Algiers has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 32 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 134 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 87 mm against 1 mm in July — 105 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Algiers is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.9 °C	81 mm	47 %
February	15.3 °C	68 mm	44 %
March	17.6 °C	62 mm	44 %
April	19.6 °C	60 mm	43 %
May	23.0 °C	43 mm	41 %
June	27.4 °C	7 mm	26 %
July	30.9 °C	1 mm	16 %
August	31.6 °C	8 mm	21 %
September	28.1 °C	28 mm	37 %
October	24.5 °C	57 mm	43 %
November	19.0 °C	87 mm	48 %
December	15.9 °C	78 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.9 °C	7.0 °C	10.6 °C	22.4 °C	-0.7 °C	0	0
February	15.3 °C	6.9 °C	10.9 °C	26.1 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0
March	17.6 °C	8.5 °C	12.9 °C	32.1 °C	0.4 °C	1	0
April	19.6 °C	10.4 °C	15.0 °C	29.3 °C	2.7 °C	2	0
May	23.0 °C	13.3 °C	18.2 °C	37.3 °C	6.2 °C	8	1
June	27.4 °C	16.9 °C	22.2 °C	38.6 °C	8.8 °C	22	6
July	30.9 °C	19.9 °C	25.4 °C	40.7 °C	14.1 °C	31	18
August	31.6 °C	20.9 °C	26.1 °C	41.8 °C	15.2 °C	31	22
September	28.1 °C	18.7 °C	23.1 °C	39.8 °C	12.1 °C	26	7
October	24.5 °C	15.4 °C	19.5 °C	35.9 °C	7.6 °C	13	2
November	19.0 °C	11.3 °C	14.8 °C	31.0 °C	3.4 °C	2	0
December	15.9 °C	8.4 °C	11.8 °C	24.3 °C	1.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	81 mm	10	9.9 h/day	47 %	77 %	19 km/h	15.5 °C
February	68 mm	10	11 h/day	44 %	76 %	20 km/h	15.1 °C
March	62 mm	8	12 h/day	44 %	75 %	20 km/h	15.3 °C
April	60 mm	8	13 h/day	43 %	74 %	20 km/h	16.3 °C
May	43 mm	6	14 h/day	41 %	73 %	19 km/h	18.2 °C
June	7 mm	1	15 h/day	26 %	67 %	19 km/h	20.9 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	63 %	19 km/h	23.5 °C
August	8 mm	2	14 h/day	21 %	65 %	18 km/h	25.2 °C
September	28 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	70 %	18 km/h	24.2 °C
October	57 mm	7	11 h/day	43 %	72 %	17 km/h	22.0 °C
November	87 mm	11	10 h/day	48 %	74 %	19 km/h	19.0 °C
December	78 mm	10	9.7 h/day	48 %	77 %	19 km/h	16.7 °C

Where Algiers ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in April	17th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	20th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	21st of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	22nd of 50	16 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	23rd of 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in January	24th of 50	15 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Algiers.

QuestionsCommon questions about Algiers’s climate

When is the best time to visit Algiers?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Algiers get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.9 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Algiers?

November, averaging 87 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 580 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Algiers rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 36.732°, 3.087° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.