Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in February.
A cool, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In February its highs average 13.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 42nd of 55 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 55 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 55 cities is 14.5°C; Bir el Ater is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
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, selected | 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
February in nearby cities
- Feriana in FebruaryTunisia · 51 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Tébessa in FebruaryAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Gafsa in FebruaryTunisia · 75 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Kasserine in FebruaryTunisia · 85 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Khenchela in FebruaryAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in FebruaryAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in FebruaryAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- El Oued in FebruaryAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 4.3 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 Bir el Ater) is explained once on the Bir el Ater year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.