Béjaïa climate

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Béjaïa is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 7.6 °C. January is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (4.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Béjaïa averages 717 mm of rain and 110 days above 25 °C.

Algeria · population 176,139 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 7.6 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month January 93 mm
Least cloud July 23 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record February 0.7 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectBéjaïa through the year

Béjaïa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 110 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 93 mm against 4 mm in July — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Béjaïa 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	14.7 °C	93 mm	50 %
February	14.8 °C	76 mm	48 %
March	17.0 °C	79 mm	49 %
April	18.8 °C	74 mm	48 %
May	21.9 °C	53 mm	47 %
June	25.6 °C	16 mm	33 %
July	28.7 °C	4 mm	23 %
August	29.5 °C	17 mm	28 %
September	26.4 °C	61 mm	47 %
October	23.5 °C	77 mm	50 %
November	18.7 °C	82 mm	52 %
December	15.7 °C	86 mm	51 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.7 °C	7.8 °C	10.9 °C	22.7 °C	1.5 °C	0	0
February	14.8 °C	7.6 °C	10.9 °C	26.4 °C	0.7 °C	0	0
March	17.0 °C	9.3 °C	13.0 °C	32.3 °C	3.1 °C	1	0
April	18.8 °C	11.3 °C	15.0 °C	31.0 °C	5.2 °C	1	0
May	21.9 °C	14.4 °C	18.2 °C	38.3 °C	7.4 °C	5	1
June	25.6 °C	18.1 °C	22.0 °C	39.7 °C	10.8 °C	15	3
July	28.7 °C	21.0 °C	24.9 °C	40.4 °C	15.0 °C	28	9
August	29.5 °C	22.0 °C	25.7 °C	41.4 °C	16.7 °C	30	11
September	26.4 °C	19.7 °C	22.8 °C	39.2 °C	13.9 °C	20	4
October	23.5 °C	16.5 °C	19.6 °C	35.1 °C	9.9 °C	9	2
November	18.7 °C	12.2 °C	15.1 °C	29.2 °C	5.1 °C	1	0
December	15.7 °C	9.2 °C	12.1 °C	24.7 °C	3.4 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	93 mm	11	9.9 h/day	50 %	78 %	16 km/h	15.5 °C
February	76 mm	11	11 h/day	48 %	78 %	16 km/h	15.0 °C
March	79 mm	10	12 h/day	49 %	78 %	16 km/h	15.3 °C
April	74 mm	10	13 h/day	48 %	78 %	15 km/h	16.3 °C
May	53 mm	7	14 h/day	47 %	79 %	14 km/h	18.5 °C
June	16 mm	3	15 h/day	33 %	77 %	13 km/h	21.6 °C
July	4 mm	1	14 h/day	23 %	75 %	13 km/h	24.4 °C
August	17 mm	3	14 h/day	28 %	75 %	13 km/h	25.9 °C
September	61 mm	8	12 h/day	47 %	79 %	13 km/h	24.9 °C
October	77 mm	10	11 h/day	50 %	78 %	14 km/h	22.6 °C
November	82 mm	11	10 h/day	52 %	76 %	16 km/h	19.5 °C
December	86 mm	10	9.7 h/day	51 %	77 %	16 km/h	16.9 °C

How Béjaïa 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
Béjaïa	30 °C	7.6 °C	717 mm	110
Sétif · Algeria	31 °C	0.7 °C	523 mm	110
Bordj Bou Arreridj · Algeria	34 °C	1.0 °C	360 mm	131
El Achir · Algeria	34 °C	0.8 °C	364 mm	126

Where Béjaïa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	6th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	6th of 50	99/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	8th of 50	19 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in July	12th of 50	99/100
The coolest places in Africa in March	12th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	15th of 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Béjaïa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Béjaïa?

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 Béjaïa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.6 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Béjaïa?

January, averaging 93 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 717 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 Béjaïa 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: 36.756°, 5.084° (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.