Climate averages 1991–2020
Algiers weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Algiers: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bab Ezzouar (9 km away). In January its highs average 15.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Algiers, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Algiers ranks 19th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 50th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Algiers is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Algiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 81 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 68 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 8.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 5.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 58 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 89 | 11.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 80 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Bab Ezzouar in JanuaryAlgeria · 9 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Rouiba in JanuaryAlgeria · 17 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Beni Mered in JanuaryAlgeria · 31 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Blida in JanuaryAlgeria · 37 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Médéa in JanuaryAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in JanuaryAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in JanuaryAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in JanuaryAlgeria · 143 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 21 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Algiers) is explained once on the Algiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.