Climate averages 1991–2020
Béchar weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Béchar: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 7.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Errachidia (212 km away). In January its highs average 14.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Béchar, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béchar ranks joint 6th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Béchar is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.8 mm to 7.0 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
Béchar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 7.8 | 2.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 36.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 39.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 9.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 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
- Errachidia in JanuaryMorocco · 212 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Guercif in JanuaryMorocco · 309 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Taourirt in JanuaryMorocco · 317 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Taza in JanuaryMorocco · 333 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Oujda in JanuaryMorocco · 342 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 344 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Sefrou in JanuaryMorocco · 347 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 355 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 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 Béchar) is explained once on the Béchar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.