Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In January its highs average 12.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 43rd of 55 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Bir el Ater is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 13 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
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, selected | 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
January in nearby cities
- Feriana in JanuaryTunisia · 51 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Tébessa in JanuaryAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gafsa in JanuaryTunisia · 75 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Kasserine in JanuaryTunisia · 85 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Khenchela in JanuaryAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in JanuaryAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 59 mm rain
- El Oued in JanuaryAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 9.9 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.