Tlemcen climate

Name: Tlemcen
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Tlemcen is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.1 °C. January is the wettest month (61 mm) and July the driest (1.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tlemcen averages 455 mm of rain, 132 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

Algeria · population 173,531 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 3.1 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month January 61 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record December -7.0 °C

What to expectTlemcen through the year

Tlemcen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 132 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 61 mm against 2 mm in July — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.2 °C	61 mm	43 %
February	14.2 °C	51 mm	41 %
March	16.9 °C	61 mm	44 %
April	19.2 °C	56 mm	44 %
May	22.9 °C	37 mm	42 %
June	27.6 °C	11 mm	28 %
July	31.9 °C	2 mm	21 %
August	32.2 °C	6 mm	24 %
September	27.4 °C	22 mm	38 %
October	23.1 °C	41 mm	42 %
November	17.1 °C	61 mm	44 %
December	14.1 °C	46 mm	44 %

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	13.2 °C	3.1 °C	7.6 °C	22.6 °C	-6.1 °C	0	0	4
February	14.2 °C	3.6 °C	8.5 °C	26.8 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	3
March	16.9 °C	5.6 °C	10.9 °C	30.4 °C	-3.3 °C	1	0	1
April	19.2 °C	7.6 °C	13.1 °C	29.4 °C	-0.6 °C	2	0	0
May	22.9 °C	10.9 °C	16.8 °C	35.5 °C	2.5 °C	11	1	0
June	27.6 °C	14.8 °C	21.2 °C	37.3 °C	6.5 °C	23	9	0
July	31.9 °C	18.4 °C	25.1 °C	40.6 °C	10.8 °C	31	23	0
August	32.2 °C	18.9 °C	25.3 °C	40.2 °C	10.3 °C	31	25	0
September	27.4 °C	15.5 °C	21.0 °C	37.0 °C	6.9 °C	23	7	0
October	23.1 °C	11.8 °C	16.9 °C	34.9 °C	3.0 °C	10	1	0
November	17.1 °C	7.2 °C	11.6 °C	28.2 °C	-1.8 °C	1	0	0
December	14.1 °C	4.5 °C	8.7 °C	24.3 °C	-7.0 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	61 mm	9	10 h/day	43 %	71 %	14 km/h
February	51 mm	7	11 h/day	41 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	61 mm	8	12 h/day	44 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	56 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	68 %	15 km/h
May	37 mm	5	14 h/day	42 %	65 %	14 km/h
June	11 mm	2	14 h/day	28 %	59 %	13 km/h
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	21 %	53 %	13 km/h
August	6 mm	1	13 h/day	24 %	54 %	13 km/h
September	22 mm	4	12 h/day	38 %	63 %	13 km/h
October	41 mm	6	11 h/day	42 %	66 %	13 km/h
November	61 mm	7	10 h/day	44 %	69 %	14 km/h
December	46 mm	7	9.8 h/day	44 %	72 %	14 km/h

How Tlemcen 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
Tlemcen	32 °C	3.1 °C	455 mm	132
Oujda · Morocco	34 °C	3.6 °C	359 mm	154
Sidi Bel Abbes · Algeria	35 °C	4.7 °C	392 mm	157
Oran · Algeria	31 °C	8.3 °C	340 mm	131
Nador · Morocco	32 °C	7.3 °C	332 mm	151

Where Tlemcen ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	6th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	10th of 50	96/100
The coolest places in Africa in March	11th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	12th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	13th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	14th of 50	14 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tlemcen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tlemcen?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tlemcen?

January, averaging 61 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 455 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 Tlemcen 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: 34.878°, -1.315° (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.