Oran climate

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Oran is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.3 °C. November is the wettest month (59 mm) and July the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Oran averages 340 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 803,329 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 8.3 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month November 59 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -0.4 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectOran through the year

Oran has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 40 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 59 mm against 0 mm in July — 133 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Oran 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	15.4 °C	46 mm	43 %
February	16.0 °C	38 mm	41 %
March	18.0 °C	40 mm	43 %
April	19.9 °C	35 mm	41 %
May	23.0 °C	21 mm	40 %
June	26.7 °C	5 mm	27 %
July	29.9 °C	under 1 mm	19 %
August	30.6 °C	3 mm	24 %
September	27.5 °C	16 mm	38 %
October	24.0 °C	32 mm	43 %
November	19.2 °C	59 mm	46 %
December	16.4 °C	44 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.4 °C	8.3 °C	11.6 °C	23.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0
February	16.0 °C	8.7 °C	12.2 °C	29.4 °C	1.3 °C	0	0
March	18.0 °C	10.3 °C	14.0 °C	29.0 °C	3.4 °C	0	0
April	19.9 °C	12.3 °C	16.0 °C	31.2 °C	5.0 °C	1	0
May	23.0 °C	15.1 °C	18.9 °C	34.0 °C	8.9 °C	7	0
June	26.7 °C	18.5 °C	22.5 °C	38.8 °C	12.2 °C	23	3
July	29.9 °C	21.2 °C	25.4 °C	42.2 °C	15.4 °C	31	14
August	30.6 °C	22.2 °C	26.1 °C	41.4 °C	17.5 °C	31	18
September	27.5 °C	20.0 °C	23.4 °C	34.9 °C	13.9 °C	25	4
October	24.0 °C	16.4 °C	19.9 °C	33.7 °C	7.4 °C	11	1
November	19.2 °C	12.3 °C	15.5 °C	31.8 °C	4.1 °C	1	0
December	16.4 °C	9.6 °C	12.8 °C	25.2 °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	46 mm	8	10 h/day	43 %	75 %	18 km/h	15.7 °C
February	38 mm	7	11 h/day	41 %	75 %	19 km/h	15.3 °C
March	40 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	74 %	20 km/h	15.5 °C
April	35 mm	6	13 h/day	41 %	71 %	21 km/h	16.5 °C
May	21 mm	3	14 h/day	40 %	69 %	20 km/h	18.2 °C
June	5 mm	1	15 h/day	27 %	67 %	19 km/h	20.8 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	19 %	66 %	18 km/h	23.3 °C
August	3 mm	0	14 h/day	24 %	68 %	18 km/h	24.9 °C
September	16 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	71 %	18 km/h	23.7 °C
October	32 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	74 %	17 km/h	21.3 °C
November	59 mm	8	10 h/day	46 %	73 %	18 km/h	18.6 °C
December	44 mm	7	9.8 h/day	45 %	76 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C

How Oran 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
Oran	31 °C	8.3 °C	340 mm	131
Sidi Bel Abbes · Algeria	35 °C	4.7 °C	392 mm	157
Mostaganem · Algeria	32 °C	7.5 °C	402 mm	144
Tlemcen · Algeria	32 °C	3.1 °C	455 mm	132
Oujda · Morocco	34 °C	3.6 °C	359 mm	154

Where Oran ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	4th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	7th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	17th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	19th of 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	19th of 50	20 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	20th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Oran’s climate

When is the best time to visit Oran?

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 Oran get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 40 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 8.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Oran?

November, averaging 59 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 340 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 Oran 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: 35.699°, -0.636° (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.