Climate averages 1991–2020
Béjaïa weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Béjaïa: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jijel (61 km away). In January its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Béjaïa, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Béjaïa ranks joint 22nd of 55 for the warmest January highs and 51st of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Béjaïa is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 74 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
Béjaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 87 | 11.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 76 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 15 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 71 | 9.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 10.1 | 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
- Jijel in JanuaryAlgeria · 61 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Sétif in JanuaryAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in JanuaryAlgeria · 81 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 34 mm rain
- El Eulma in JanuaryAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- El Achir in JanuaryAlgeria · 87 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in JanuaryAlgeria · 93 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.0°C · 111 mm rain
- M'Sila in JanuaryAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Constantine in JanuaryAlgeria · 143 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 45 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 Béjaïa) is explained once on the Béjaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.