Djelfa climate

Name: Djelfa
Address: DZ

Djelfa is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.7 °C. April is the wettest month (36 mm) and July the driest (7.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Djelfa averages 296 mm of rain, 135 days above 25 °C and 36 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 265,833 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 0.7 °C
Driest month July 8 mm
Wettest month April 36 mm
Least cloud July 22 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -8.6 °C

What to expectDjelfa through the year

Djelfa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.9 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 135 days a year reach 25 °C, 88 of them reach 30 °C, 36 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 8 mm in July to 36 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.9 °C	29 mm	47 %
February	11.4 °C	25 mm	42 %
March	15.3 °C	29 mm	42 %
April	19.1 °C	36 mm	41 %
May	24.5 °C	30 mm	39 %
June	30.4 °C	14 mm	28 %
July	34.6 °C	8 mm	22 %
August	33.5 °C	14 mm	25 %
September	27.4 °C	35 mm	38 %
October	21.5 °C	31 mm	40 %
November	14.5 °C	21 mm	46 %
December	10.8 °C	24 mm	48 %

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	9.9 °C	0.7 °C	4.7 °C	19.8 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	13
February	11.4 °C	1.1 °C	5.8 °C	25.2 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	10
March	15.3 °C	3.8 °C	9.3 °C	29.2 °C	-4.0 °C	0	0	4
April	19.1 °C	6.6 °C	12.8 °C	30.5 °C	-3.3 °C	3	0	0
May	24.5 °C	11.1 °C	17.8 °C	37.8 °C	0.9 °C	15	4	0
June	30.4 °C	16.0 °C	23.4 °C	38.4 °C	5.6 °C	26	17	0
July	34.6 °C	20.1 °C	27.5 °C	39.6 °C	10.3 °C	31	30	0
August	33.5 °C	19.6 °C	26.5 °C	38.9 °C	10.9 °C	31	27	0
September	27.4 °C	15.2 °C	21.0 °C	37.4 °C	6.6 °C	22	9	0
October	21.5 °C	10.4 °C	15.5 °C	32.0 °C	0.8 °C	6	0	0
November	14.5 °C	5.1 °C	9.3 °C	24.5 °C	-3.3 °C	0	0	1
December	10.8 °C	1.9 °C	5.8 °C	23.0 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	6	10 h/day	47 %	73 %	17 km/h
February	25 mm	5	11 h/day	42 %	67 %	17 km/h
March	29 mm	6	12 h/day	42 %	59 %	18 km/h
April	36 mm	6	13 h/day	41 %	53 %	18 km/h
May	30 mm	5	14 h/day	39 %	46 %	17 km/h
June	14 mm	4	14 h/day	28 %	36 %	16 km/h
July	8 mm	2	14 h/day	22 %	27 %	16 km/h
August	14 mm	4	13 h/day	25 %	32 %	15 km/h
September	35 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	48 %	15 km/h
October	31 mm	5	11 h/day	40 %	58 %	15 km/h
November	21 mm	5	10 h/day	46 %	68 %	16 km/h
December	24 mm	5	9.9 h/day	48 %	75 %	16 km/h

How Djelfa 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
Djelfa	35 °C	0.7 °C	296 mm	135
Tiaret · Algeria	33 °C	1.3 °C	443 mm	125
El Achir · Algeria	34 °C	0.8 °C	364 mm	126
Blida · Algeria	32 °C	6.4 °C	639 mm	136

Where Djelfa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	3rdof 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in November	4thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	5thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	6thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	6thof 50	9.9 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	7thof 50	15 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Djelfa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Djelfa?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 88 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 36 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Djelfa?

April, averaging 36 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 296 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 Djelfa 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
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.