Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
by month.
See how the year changes. July has the highest average daily maximum; July has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: AprilMaySeptemberOctober
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Bir el Ater averages a daytime high of 21.7°C and a nighttime low of 10.5°C, with about 207 mm of rain on roughly 43 days. July is the warmest month (average high 33.8°C) and January the coolest (10.7°C). April (tied with March) is the wettest month with 25 mm; July is the driest with 5.3 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): April, May, September and October. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Bir el Ater
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
Bir el Ater climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.9 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 10 | 2.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 21 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 9.910 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
Nearby cities
- FerianaTunisia · 51 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 244 mm rain a year
- TébessaAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 369 mm rain a year
- GafsaTunisia · 75 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 135 mm rain a year
- KasserineTunisia · 85 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 294 mm rain a year
- KhenchelaAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 345 mm rain a year
- Aïn BeïdaAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 345 mm rain a year
- Souk AhrasAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 580 mm rain a year
- El OuedAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 60 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+1, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 34.70°, 8.10° (6 km from the city centre), adjusted down by 0.6°C for the difference between the city's elevation (889 m) and the cell's (796 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 34.75°, 8.00°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.