Biskra climate

Name: Biskra
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Biskra is warmest in July, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.3 °C. September is the wettest month (17 mm) and July the driest (0.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Biskra averages 120 mm of rain, 196 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 204,661 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 5.3 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month September 17 mm
Least cloud July 13 % cloud
Hottest on record July 47 °C
Coldest on record January -2.5 °C

What to expectBiskra through the year

Biskra has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 39 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 196 days a year reach 25 °C, 144 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in July to 17 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	14 mm	31 %
February	17.5 °C	8 mm	27 %
March	21.7 °C	16 mm	31 %
April	25.6 °C	17 mm	32 %
May	30.9 °C	6 mm	32 %
June	36.1 °C	2 mm	22 %
July	39.2 °C	1 mm	13 %
August	38.3 °C	3 mm	17 %
September	32.9 °C	17 mm	32 %
October	27.3 °C	13 mm	33 %
November	20.4 °C	12 mm	32 %
December	16.2 °C	11 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.6 °C	5.3 °C	10.2 °C	26.3 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0
February	17.5 °C	6.2 °C	11.8 °C	29.0 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0
March	21.7 °C	9.7 °C	15.9 °C	32.8 °C	1.4 °C	6	0
April	25.6 °C	13.5 °C	19.9 °C	37.4 °C	3.6 °C	16	5
May	30.9 °C	18.3 °C	25.1 °C	43.1 °C	9.0 °C	28	18
June	36.1 °C	23.3 °C	30.3 °C	44.9 °C	12.5 °C	30	28
July	39.2 °C	26.5 °C	33.5 °C	47.0 °C	19.0 °C	31	31
August	38.3 °C	26.4 °C	32.8 °C	45.3 °C	19.1 °C	31	31
September	32.9 °C	22.1 °C	27.8 °C	41.7 °C	12.8 °C	29	23
October	27.3 °C	16.6 °C	22.1 °C	37.7 °C	5.5 °C	23	7
November	20.4 °C	10.3 °C	15.2 °C	30.3 °C	0.6 °C	2	0
December	16.2 °C	6.3 °C	11.0 °C	25.2 °C	-0.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	2	10 h/day	31 %	62 %	18 km/h
February	8 mm	2	11 h/day	27 %	54 %	20 km/h
March	16 mm	2	12 h/day	31 %	45 %	21 km/h
April	17 mm	3	13 h/day	32 %	40 %	22 km/h
May	6 mm	2	14 h/day	32 %	33 %	22 km/h
June	2 mm	1	14 h/day	22 %	28 %	20 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	13 %	25 %	19 km/h
August	3 mm	1	13 h/day	17 %	28 %	18 km/h
September	17 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	40 %	18 km/h
October	13 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	47 %	17 km/h
November	12 mm	2	10 h/day	32 %	57 %	18 km/h
December	11 mm	2	9.8 h/day	31 %	64 %	17 km/h

How Biskra 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
Biskra	39 °C	5.3 °C	120 mm	196
Batna · Algeria	33 °C	0.8 °C	448 mm	128
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 Biskra ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in August	12th of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa in July	12th of 50	39 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	14th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	27th of 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in December	27th of 50	16 °C
The driest places in Africa year-round	35th of 50	10.0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Biskra’s climate

When is the best time to visit Biskra?

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 Biskra get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 144 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Biskra?

September, averaging 17 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 120 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 Biskra 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: 34.850°, 5.728° (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.