Blida climate

Name: Blida
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Blida is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.4 °C. January is the wettest month (84 mm) and July the driest (2.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Blida averages 639 mm of rain, 136 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 331,779 · 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 January 6.4 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month January 84 mm
Least cloud July 17 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record January -4.7 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectBlida through the year

Blida has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 136 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 84 mm against 2 mm in July — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Blida 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	14.3 °C	84 mm	49 %
February	14.9 °C	71 mm	47 %
March	17.5 °C	74 mm	47 %
April	19.7 °C	76 mm	46 %
May	23.2 °C	58 mm	43 %
June	27.8 °C	12 mm	27 %
July	31.6 °C	2 mm	17 %
August	32.1 °C	11 mm	22 %
September	28.3 °C	33 mm	39 %
October	24.3 °C	57 mm	45 %
November	18.6 °C	82 mm	50 %
December	15.3 °C	78 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.3 °C	6.4 °C	10.0 °C	21.6 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0
February	14.9 °C	6.4 °C	10.4 °C	25.9 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0
March	17.5 °C	8.3 °C	12.7 °C	31.0 °C	0.2 °C	1	0
April	19.7 °C	10.2 °C	14.9 °C	30.6 °C	1.9 °C	2	0
May	23.2 °C	13.3 °C	18.3 °C	38.2 °C	5.5 °C	10	1
June	27.8 °C	17.0 °C	22.5 °C	38.9 °C	8.2 °C	23	8
July	31.6 °C	20.1 °C	25.9 °C	40.5 °C	13.2 °C	31	21
August	32.1 °C	20.9 °C	26.3 °C	42.3 °C	14.8 °C	31	24
September	28.3 °C	18.3 °C	23.0 °C	38.8 °C	11.4 °C	25	9
October	24.3 °C	14.9 °C	19.2 °C	35.4 °C	6.6 °C	12	3
November	18.6 °C	10.7 °C	14.2 °C	29.6 °C	2.3 °C	1	0
December	15.3 °C	7.8 °C	11.2 °C	24.3 °C	0.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	84 mm	11	10.0 h/day	49 %	77 %	16 km/h	15.6 °C
February	71 mm	10	11 h/day	47 %	76 %	16 km/h	15.2 °C
March	74 mm	10	12 h/day	47 %	74 %	16 km/h	15.4 °C
April	76 mm	10	13 h/day	46 %	73 %	16 km/h	16.3 °C
May	58 mm	7	14 h/day	43 %	71 %	15 km/h	18.2 °C
June	12 mm	2	15 h/day	27 %	65 %	15 km/h	20.8 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	17 %	59 %	15 km/h	23.5 °C
August	11 mm	2	14 h/day	22 %	61 %	15 km/h	25.0 °C
September	33 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	67 %	15 km/h	24.0 °C
October	57 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	70 %	14 km/h	21.8 °C
November	82 mm	11	10 h/day	50 %	74 %	16 km/h	18.9 °C
December	78 mm	10	9.7 h/day	50 %	77 %	16 km/h	16.7 °C

Where Blida ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in December	16th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	17th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	17th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	18th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	18th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	20th of 50	17 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Blida’s climate

When is the best time to visit Blida?

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 Blida get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Blida?

January, averaging 84 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 639 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 Blida 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: 36.470°, 2.828° (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.