Batna climate

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Batna is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.8 °C. May is the wettest month (56 mm) and July the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Batna averages 448 mm of rain, 128 days above 25 °C and 36 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 289,504 · 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 July 33 °C
Coldest month January 0.8 °C
Driest month July 15 mm
Wettest month May 56 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record February -12 °C

What to expectBatna through the year

Batna has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 128 days a year reach 25 °C, 73 of them reach 30 °C, 36 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 56 mm against 15 mm in July — 3.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.4 °C	40 mm	50 %
February	11.4 °C	31 mm	47 %
March	15.0 °C	51 mm	47 %
April	18.7 °C	52 mm	46 %
May	23.7 °C	56 mm	44 %
June	29.0 °C	27 mm	31 %
July	32.9 °C	15 mm	19 %
August	32.2 °C	24 mm	25 %
September	26.8 °C	43 mm	41 %
October	21.7 °C	38 mm	45 %
November	15.1 °C	35 mm	48 %
December	11.2 °C	36 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	10.4 °C	0.8 °C	5.1 °C	19.3 °C	-6.8 °C	0	0	12
February	11.4 °C	0.9 °C	5.8 °C	23.9 °C	-12.3 °C	0	0	11
March	15.0 °C	3.3 °C	9.0 °C	27.6 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	4
April	18.7 °C	6.0 °C	12.3 °C	29.5 °C	-2.7 °C	2	0	1
May	23.7 °C	10.0 °C	16.9 °C	36.8 °C	0.6 °C	13	3	0
June	29.0 °C	14.5 °C	22.0 °C	38.1 °C	4.5 °C	25	13	0
July	32.9 °C	18.0 °C	25.8 °C	39.3 °C	10.3 °C	31	26	0
August	32.2 °C	17.8 °C	25.1 °C	38.8 °C	11.3 °C	30	24	0
September	26.8 °C	14.3 °C	20.3 °C	35.5 °C	6.3 °C	21	7	0
October	21.7 °C	10.2 °C	15.6 °C	31.5 °C	1.4 °C	7	0	0
November	15.1 °C	5.1 °C	9.7 °C	24.6 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	1
December	11.2 °C	2.0 °C	6.2 °C	21.3 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	73 %	13 km/h
February	31 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	69 %	14 km/h
March	51 mm	9	12 h/day	47 %	64 %	14 km/h
April	52 mm	9	13 h/day	46 %	61 %	15 km/h
May	56 mm	9	14 h/day	44 %	56 %	14 km/h
June	27 mm	6	15 h/day	31 %	48 %	13 km/h
July	15 mm	4	14 h/day	19 %	39 %	14 km/h
August	24 mm	6	14 h/day	25 %	43 %	13 km/h
September	43 mm	9	12 h/day	41 %	56 %	13 km/h
October	38 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	62 %	12 km/h
November	35 mm	6	10 h/day	48 %	69 %	13 km/h
December	36 mm	7	9.8 h/day	50 %	74 %	13 km/h

How Batna 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
Batna	33 °C	0.8 °C	448 mm	128
Biskra · Algeria	39 °C	5.3 °C	120 mm	196
Constantine · Algeria	34 °C	2.3 °C	451 mm	139
Sétif · Algeria	31 °C	0.7 °C	523 mm	110

Where Batna ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in March	5thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	6thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	7thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	7thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	8thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	9thof 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Batna’s climate

When is the best time to visit Batna?

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

How hot does Batna get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 73 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 36 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Batna?

May, averaging 56 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 448 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 Batna 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.