Chlef climate

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Chlef is warmest in August, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.2 °C. November is the wettest month (64 mm) and July the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chlef averages 429 mm of rain, 172 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 178,616 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 5.2 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 64 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record August 46 °C
Coldest on record January -4.8 °C

What to expectChlef through the year

Chlef has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 36 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 172 days a year reach 25 °C, 115 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 64 mm against 1 mm in July — 55 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	55 mm	48 %
February	16.6 °C	52 mm	46 %
March	19.8 °C	51 mm	46 %
April	22.5 °C	51 mm	45 %
May	26.8 °C	35 mm	41 %
June	32.1 °C	7 mm	25 %
July	36.4 °C	1 mm	16 %
August	36.5 °C	6 mm	20 %
September	31.3 °C	23 mm	38 %
October	26.4 °C	37 mm	44 %
November	19.9 °C	64 mm	50 %
December	16.5 °C	48 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	15.6 °C	5.2 °C	10.0 °C	23.1 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	1
February	16.6 °C	5.8 °C	10.9 °C	28.3 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	1
March	19.8 °C	8.0 °C	13.6 °C	33.9 °C	-0.9 °C	3	0	0
April	22.5 °C	10.3 °C	16.2 °C	34.9 °C	3.2 °C	9	1	0
May	26.8 °C	13.8 °C	20.2 °C	41.7 °C	4.6 °C	20	8	0
June	32.1 °C	17.9 °C	24.9 °C	45.6 °C	9.5 °C	28	20	0
July	36.4 °C	21.3 °C	28.6 °C	46.0 °C	15.0 °C	31	30	0
August	36.5 °C	21.9 °C	28.8 °C	46.3 °C	15.2 °C	31	30	0
September	31.3 °C	18.7 °C	24.5 °C	41.9 °C	11.8 °C	28	19	0
October	26.4 °C	14.7 °C	20.1 °C	39.1 °C	5.5 °C	19	6	0
November	19.9 °C	9.9 °C	14.5 °C	31.7 °C	1.7 °C	3	0	0
December	16.5 °C	6.8 °C	11.2 °C	25.3 °C	-2.9 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	55 mm	9	10.0 h/day	48 %	78 %	14 km/h
February	52 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	75 %	14 km/h
March	51 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	72 %	15 km/h
April	51 mm	8	13 h/day	45 %	68 %	15 km/h
May	35 mm	5	14 h/day	41 %	62 %	15 km/h
June	7 mm	1	15 h/day	25 %	54 %	15 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	48 %	15 km/h
August	6 mm	1	14 h/day	20 %	51 %	14 km/h
September	23 mm	4	12 h/day	38 %	61 %	14 km/h
October	37 mm	6	11 h/day	44 %	67 %	13 km/h
November	64 mm	9	10 h/day	50 %	74 %	14 km/h
December	48 mm	8	9.7 h/day	50 %	78 %	13 km/h

How Chlef 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
Chlef	36 °C	5.2 °C	429 mm	172
Tiaret · Algeria	33 °C	1.3 °C	443 mm	125
Mostaganem · Algeria	32 °C	7.5 °C	402 mm	144
Blida · Algeria	32 °C	6.4 °C	639 mm	136

Where Chlef ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in August	21st of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in July	25th of 50	36 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	33rd of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	33rd of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	33rd of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	35th of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chlef’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chlef?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 115 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chlef?

November, averaging 64 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 429 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 Chlef 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: 36.165°, 1.335° (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.