Annaba climate

Name: Annaba
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Annaba is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.8 °C. January is the wettest month (77 mm) and July the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Annaba averages 588 mm of rain, 151 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 342,703 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 6.8 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month January 77 mm
Least cloud July 14 % cloud
Hottest on record August 46 °C
Coldest on record February -1.8 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectAnnaba through the year

Annaba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 151 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 77 mm against 2 mm in July — 32 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Annaba is warmest in August at 26 °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	15.2 °C	77 mm	53 %
February	15.5 °C	70 mm	51 %
March	18.0 °C	70 mm	51 %
April	20.6 °C	63 mm	49 %
May	24.6 °C	42 mm	43 %
June	29.2 °C	12 mm	29 %
July	32.6 °C	2 mm	14 %
August	33.2 °C	11 mm	21 %
September	29.3 °C	38 mm	42 %
October	25.5 °C	55 mm	48 %
November	19.9 °C	74 mm	53 %
December	16.3 °C	74 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.2 °C	6.8 °C	10.7 °C	24.6 °C	0.0 °C	0	0
February	15.5 °C	6.9 °C	10.9 °C	28.0 °C	-1.8 °C	0	0
March	18.0 °C	8.5 °C	13.0 °C	33.6 °C	1.6 °C	1	0
April	20.6 °C	10.6 °C	15.4 °C	32.9 °C	3.7 °C	3	0
May	24.6 °C	13.8 °C	19.1 °C	39.5 °C	7.6 °C	13	3
June	29.2 °C	17.7 °C	23.4 °C	43.8 °C	11.7 °C	26	11
July	32.6 °C	20.5 °C	26.4 °C	45.5 °C	13.9 °C	31	24
August	33.2 °C	21.5 °C	27.0 °C	45.7 °C	16.2 °C	31	26
September	29.3 °C	19.4 °C	23.9 °C	40.7 °C	13.1 °C	26	11
October	25.5 °C	15.9 °C	20.3 °C	38.4 °C	8.9 °C	16	4
November	19.9 °C	11.5 °C	15.4 °C	31.4 °C	3.0 °C	3	0
December	16.3 °C	8.3 °C	12.0 °C	26.6 °C	1.3 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	77 mm	11	9.9 h/day	53 %	79 %	13 km/h	15.5 °C
February	70 mm	10	11 h/day	51 %	78 %	14 km/h	14.8 °C
March	70 mm	10	12 h/day	51 %	76 %	14 km/h	15.0 °C
April	63 mm	9	13 h/day	49 %	75 %	15 km/h	16.2 °C
May	42 mm	6	14 h/day	43 %	71 %	14 km/h	18.4 °C
June	12 mm	2	15 h/day	29 %	64 %	14 km/h	21.9 °C
July	2 mm	1	14 h/day	14 %	61 %	14 km/h	24.9 °C
August	11 mm	2	14 h/day	21 %	62 %	14 km/h	26.3 °C
September	38 mm	7	12 h/day	42 %	69 %	14 km/h	25.2 °C
October	55 mm	8	11 h/day	48 %	72 %	12 km/h	22.9 °C
November	74 mm	11	10 h/day	53 %	75 %	13 km/h	20.1 °C
December	74 mm	10	9.7 h/day	53 %	78 %	13 km/h	17.3 °C

How Annaba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Annaba	33 °C	6.8 °C	588 mm	151
Souk Ahras · Algeria	33 °C	2.8 °C	601 mm	135
Skikda · Algeria	30 °C	8.6 °C	653 mm	123
Constantine · Algeria	34 °C	2.3 °C	451 mm	139

Where Annaba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in February	23rd of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	25th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	26th of 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	26th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	29th of 50	16 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in June	34th of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Annaba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Annaba?

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 Annaba get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 80 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Annaba?

January, averaging 77 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 588 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 Annaba 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: 36.900°, 7.767° (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.