Sétif climate

Name: Sétif
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Sétif is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.7 °C. April is the wettest month (64 mm) and July the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sétif averages 523 mm of rain, 110 days above 25 °C and 35 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 252,127 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 0.7 °C
Driest month July 10 mm
Wettest month April 64 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record December -12 °C

What to expectSétif through the year

Sétif has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.6 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 110 days a year reach 25 °C, 53 of them reach 30 °C, 35 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 64 mm against 10 mm in July — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.6 °C	56 mm	56 %
February	10.5 °C	51 mm	54 %
March	13.8 °C	60 mm	53 %
April	17.0 °C	64 mm	52 %
May	21.9 °C	56 mm	48 %
June	27.2 °C	21 mm	33 %
July	31.5 °C	10 mm	19 %
August	30.9 °C	22 mm	25 %
September	25.3 °C	44 mm	45 %
October	20.3 °C	43 mm	50 %
November	13.9 °C	46 mm	55 %
December	10.3 °C	50 mm	58 %

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	9.6 °C	0.7 °C	4.6 °C	18.4 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	12
February	10.5 °C	0.8 °C	5.2 °C	22.5 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	10
March	13.8 °C	3.2 °C	8.2 °C	26.1 °C	-5.0 °C	0	0	4
April	17.0 °C	5.8 °C	11.2 °C	28.7 °C	-1.9 °C	1	0	1
May	21.9 °C	9.8 °C	15.7 °C	35.5 °C	0.4 °C	9	1	0
June	27.2 °C	14.3 °C	20.6 °C	37.4 °C	4.1 °C	21	9	0
July	31.5 °C	17.7 °C	24.4 °C	39.0 °C	10.0 °C	29	21	0
August	30.9 °C	17.9 °C	24.0 °C	39.0 °C	11.3 °C	29	19	0
September	25.3 °C	14.3 °C	19.3 °C	34.8 °C	7.2 °C	16	3	0
October	20.3 °C	10.3 °C	14.9 °C	31.1 °C	2.5 °C	4	0	0
November	13.9 °C	5.3 °C	9.1 °C	23.7 °C	-3.5 °C	0	0	1
December	10.3 °C	2.0 °C	5.7 °C	20.1 °C	-11.6 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	56 mm	9	10.0 h/day	56 %	79 %	14 km/h
February	51 mm	9	11 h/day	54 %	75 %	15 km/h
March	60 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	71 %	15 km/h
April	64 mm	10	13 h/day	52 %	68 %	15 km/h
May	56 mm	9	14 h/day	48 %	63 %	14 km/h
June	21 mm	6	15 h/day	33 %	56 %	13 km/h
July	10 mm	3	14 h/day	19 %	48 %	13 km/h
August	22 mm	6	14 h/day	25 %	51 %	13 km/h
September	44 mm	9	12 h/day	45 %	64 %	13 km/h
October	43 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	69 %	13 km/h
November	46 mm	8	10 h/day	55 %	75 %	14 km/h
December	50 mm	8	9.7 h/day	58 %	80 %	14 km/h

How Sétif 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
Sétif	31 °C	0.7 °C	523 mm	110
Bordj Bou Arreridj · Algeria	34 °C	1.0 °C	360 mm	131
Béjaïa · Algeria	30 °C	7.6 °C	717 mm	110
El Achir · Algeria	34 °C	0.8 °C	364 mm	126
Batna · Algeria	33 °C	0.8 °C	448 mm	128
Constantine · Algeria	34 °C	2.3 °C	451 mm	139

Where Sétif ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in April	1stof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	2ndof 50	10 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	2ndof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	2ndof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	2ndof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	3rdof 50	10 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sétif’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sétif?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 53 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 35 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sétif?

April, averaging 64 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 523 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 Sétif 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.