Béchar climate

Name: Béchar
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Béchar is warmest in July, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.8 °C. November is the wettest month (14 mm) and July the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Béchar averages 76 mm of rain, 203 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 165,241 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 3.8 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 14 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record August 44 °C
Coldest on record January -4.9 °C

What to expectBéchar through the year

Béchar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 40 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 203 days a year reach 25 °C, 149 of them reach 30 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in July to 14 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.5 °C	8 mm	25 %
February	17.9 °C	7 mm	25 %
March	22.2 °C	8 mm	26 %
April	26.5 °C	4 mm	26 %
May	31.1 °C	3 mm	27 %
June	36.2 °C	2 mm	20 %
July	40.1 °C	1 mm	19 %
August	38.9 °C	2 mm	22 %
September	33.7 °C	9 mm	28 %
October	27.2 °C	11 mm	32 %
November	20.3 °C	14 mm	26 %
December	16.1 °C	7 mm	26 %

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	15.5 °C	3.8 °C	9.7 °C	25.1 °C	-4.9 °C	0	0	3
February	17.9 °C	5.8 °C	12.1 °C	28.7 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	1
March	22.2 °C	9.3 °C	16.2 °C	34.1 °C	-0.8 °C	7	1	0
April	26.5 °C	13.2 °C	20.5 °C	35.7 °C	4.1 °C	20	6	0
May	31.1 °C	17.7 °C	25.1 °C	41.4 °C	7.8 °C	29	19	0
June	36.2 °C	22.5 °C	30.2 °C	42.9 °C	12.7 °C	30	29	0
July	40.1 °C	26.1 °C	34.1 °C	43.3 °C	20.0 °C	31	31	0
August	38.9 °C	25.5 °C	33.0 °C	43.5 °C	18.9 °C	31	31	0
September	33.7 °C	21.2 °C	28.0 °C	40.7 °C	12.3 °C	29	25	0
October	27.2 °C	15.5 °C	21.7 °C	35.9 °C	6.7 °C	23	7	0
November	20.3 °C	9.2 °C	14.9 °C	30.3 °C	0.0 °C	3	0	0
December	16.1 °C	5.0 °C	10.6 °C	24.9 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	10 h/day	25 %	48 %	17 km/h
February	7 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	41 %	20 km/h
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	33 %	23 km/h
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	27 %	26 km/h
May	3 mm	1	14 h/day	27 %	23 %	26 km/h
June	2 mm	0	14 h/day	20 %	18 %	25 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	19 %	14 %	23 km/h
August	2 mm	0	13 h/day	22 %	18 %	22 km/h
September	9 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	27 %	22 km/h
October	11 mm	2	11 h/day	32 %	37 %	20 km/h
November	14 mm	2	11 h/day	26 %	45 %	18 km/h
December	7 mm	1	10 h/day	26 %	53 %	16 km/h

How Béchar 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
Béchar	40 °C	3.8 °C	76 mm	203
Taza · Morocco	36 °C	5.4 °C	420 mm	159
Oujda · Morocco	34 °C	3.6 °C	359 mm	154
Tlemcen · Algeria	32 °C	3.1 °C	455 mm	132
Fes · Morocco	35 °C	4.6 °C	519 mm	164

Where Béchar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in July	6th of 50	40 °C
The warmest places in Africa in August	8th of 50	39 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	25th of 50	16 °C
The driest places in Africa year-round	31st of 50	6.4 mm
The warmest places in Africa in September	31st of 50	34 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	33rd of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Béchar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Béchar?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, October 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 Béchar get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 149 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Béchar?

November, averaging 14 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 76 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 Béchar 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: 31.617°, -2.217° (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.