Bab Ezzouar climate

Name: Bab Ezzouar
Address: DZ

Bab Ezzouar is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 7.3 °C. November is the wettest month (85 mm) and July the driest (1.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bab Ezzouar averages 592 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 275,630 · 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 7.3 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month November 85 mm
Least cloud July 17 % cloud
Hottest on record August 43 °C
Coldest on record February -1.6 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectBab Ezzouar through the year

Bab Ezzouar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in February to 32 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 70 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 85 mm against 2 mm in July — 45 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bab Ezzouar 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	15.7 °C	80 mm	48 %
February	16.0 °C	68 mm	45 %
March	18.4 °C	65 mm	45 %
April	20.5 °C	63 mm	44 %
May	23.8 °C	47 mm	42 %
June	28.3 °C	8 mm	27 %
July	31.8 °C	2 mm	17 %
August	32.4 °C	10 mm	22 %
September	29.0 °C	32 mm	38 %
October	25.4 °C	56 mm	44 %
November	19.8 °C	85 mm	49 %
December	16.6 °C	75 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.7 °C	7.4 °C	11.1 °C	23.4 °C	-0.5 °C	0	0
February	16.0 °C	7.3 °C	11.4 °C	26.8 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0
March	18.4 °C	9.0 °C	13.5 °C	33.3 °C	1.1 °C	1	0
April	20.5 °C	10.8 °C	15.6 °C	30.1 °C	3.1 °C	3	0
May	23.8 °C	13.7 °C	18.8 °C	38.2 °C	6.1 °C	11	2
June	28.3 °C	17.2 °C	22.8 °C	40.0 °C	8.9 °C	25	8
July	31.8 °C	20.2 °C	26.0 °C	41.6 °C	14.3 °C	31	21
August	32.4 °C	21.2 °C	26.7 °C	42.9 °C	15.6 °C	31	25
September	29.0 °C	19.0 °C	23.6 °C	40.5 °C	12.6 °C	27	10
October	25.4 °C	15.8 °C	20.1 °C	36.6 °C	8.1 °C	16	3
November	19.8 °C	11.7 °C	15.3 °C	31.7 °C	3.9 °C	2	0
December	16.6 °C	8.8 °C	12.3 °C	25.3 °C	1.7 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	80 mm	10	9.9 h/day	48 %	77 %	18 km/h	15.5 °C
February	68 mm	10	11 h/day	45 %	76 %	18 km/h	15.1 °C
March	65 mm	8	12 h/day	45 %	75 %	19 km/h	15.3 °C
April	63 mm	9	13 h/day	44 %	73 %	19 km/h	16.3 °C
May	47 mm	6	14 h/day	42 %	72 %	18 km/h	18.2 °C
June	8 mm	2	15 h/day	27 %	67 %	18 km/h	20.9 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	17 %	63 %	18 km/h	23.5 °C
August	10 mm	2	14 h/day	22 %	65 %	17 km/h	25.2 °C
September	32 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	70 %	17 km/h	24.2 °C
October	56 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	72 %	17 km/h	22.0 °C
November	85 mm	11	10 h/day	49 %	74 %	18 km/h	19.0 °C
December	75 mm	10	9.7 h/day	49 %	77 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C

Where Bab Ezzouar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in April	23rdof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	27thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	29thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	32ndof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	37thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	39thof 50	16 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bab Ezzouar.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bab Ezzouar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bab Ezzouar?

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 Bab Ezzouar get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 70 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.3 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bab Ezzouar?

November, averaging 85 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 592 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 Bab Ezzouar 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
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.