Climate averages 1991–2020

Béchar weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 40.2°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 25.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Béchar · average highYear overview

July is a very hot month in Béchar: daytime highs average 40.2°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Errachidia (212 km away). In July its highs average 38.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Béchar, with 1.8 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béchar ranks 3rd of 55 for the warmest July highs and joint 8th of 55 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 55 cities is 34.5°C; Béchar is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Béchar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.6°C3.8°C3.8°C7.82.110.310 h
February 18.0°C5.8°C5.8°C7.01.711.011 h
March 22.3°C9.3°C9.3°C8.01.412.012 h
April 26.6°C13.3°C13.3°C4.31.112.913 h
May 31.3°C17.7°C17.7°C3.10.813.714 h
June 36.3°C22.4°C22.4°C1.90.514.214 h
July, selected 40.2°C25.9°C25.9°C0.80.214.014 h
August 39.0°C25.4°C25.4°C2.10.513.313 h
September 33.8°C21.1°C21.1°C9.91.312.412 h
October 27.3°C15.5°C15.5°C111.911.411 h
November 20.4°C9.2°C9.2°C142.110.611 h
December 16.2°C5.1°C5.1°C6.91.310.110 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Béchar

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 limits

How 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.