Skikda climate

Name: Skikda
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Skikda is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 8.6 °C. December is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (2.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Skikda averages 653 mm of rain and 123 days above 25 °C.

Algeria · population 182,903 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 8.6 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month December 90 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record February 0.7 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectSkikda through the year

Skikda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 90 mm against 3 mm in July — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Skikda is warmest in August at 26 °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	14.7 °C	90 mm	51 %
February	14.9 °C	78 mm	49 %
March	17.0 °C	74 mm	49 %
April	19.1 °C	63 mm	48 %
May	22.4 °C	45 mm	43 %
June	26.2 °C	11 mm	29 %
July	29.4 °C	3 mm	15 %
August	30.2 °C	13 mm	22 %
September	27.2 °C	36 mm	41 %
October	24.1 °C	65 mm	47 %
November	19.1 °C	87 mm	51 %
December	15.9 °C	90 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.7 °C	8.8 °C	11.6 °C	23.8 °C	1.2 °C	0	0
February	14.9 °C	8.6 °C	11.5 °C	26.0 °C	0.7 °C	0	0
March	17.0 °C	10.0 °C	13.3 °C	31.5 °C	3.3 °C	1	0
April	19.1 °C	11.9 °C	15.4 °C	32.3 °C	5.7 °C	2	0
May	22.4 °C	14.8 °C	18.5 °C	36.5 °C	7.9 °C	6	1
June	26.2 °C	18.2 °C	22.3 °C	40.6 °C	12.2 °C	18	4
July	29.4 °C	20.9 °C	25.2 °C	42.3 °C	16.0 °C	30	11
August	30.2 °C	21.9 °C	26.0 °C	42.0 °C	16.7 °C	31	14
September	27.2 °C	20.2 °C	23.5 °C	37.6 °C	13.2 °C	23	5
October	24.1 °C	17.2 °C	20.4 °C	35.6 °C	10.5 °C	11	2
November	19.1 °C	13.2 °C	15.9 °C	31.1 °C	5.6 °C	1	0
December	15.9 °C	10.2 °C	12.9 °C	25.0 °C	4.7 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	90 mm	11	9.9 h/day	51 %	76 %	17 km/h	15.6 °C
February	78 mm	11	11 h/day	49 %	76 %	18 km/h	15.0 °C
March	74 mm	10	12 h/day	49 %	76 %	17 km/h	15.2 °C
April	63 mm	9	13 h/day	48 %	76 %	17 km/h	16.2 °C
May	45 mm	6	14 h/day	43 %	76 %	17 km/h	18.3 °C
June	11 mm	2	15 h/day	29 %	73 %	16 km/h	21.5 °C
July	3 mm	1	14 h/day	15 %	70 %	17 km/h	24.4 °C
August	13 mm	2	14 h/day	22 %	71 %	17 km/h	25.9 °C
September	36 mm	7	12 h/day	41 %	73 %	16 km/h	25.0 °C
October	65 mm	9	11 h/day	47 %	74 %	15 km/h	22.8 °C
November	87 mm	11	10 h/day	51 %	73 %	16 km/h	20.0 °C
December	90 mm	11	9.7 h/day	52 %	75 %	17 km/h	17.2 °C

How Skikda 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
Skikda	30 °C	8.6 °C	653 mm	123
Constantine · Algeria	34 °C	2.3 °C	451 mm	139
Annaba · Algeria	33 °C	6.8 °C	588 mm	151
Souk Ahras · Algeria	33 °C	2.8 °C	601 mm	135

Where Skikda ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	9thof 50	98/100
The coolest places in Africa in April	10thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	13thof 50	17 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	15thof 50	96/100
The coolest places in Africa in February	17thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	20thof 50	15 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Skikda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Skikda?

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 Skikda get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 36 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 8.6 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Skikda?

December, averaging 90 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 653 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 Skikda 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.