Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 42nd of 55 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 55 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 55 cities is 24.3°C; Bir el Ater is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Feriana in OctoberTunisia · 51 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Tébessa in OctoberAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Gafsa in OctoberTunisia · 75 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kasserine in OctoberTunisia · 85 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Khenchela in OctoberAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in OctoberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in OctoberAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 54 mm rain
- El Oued in OctoberAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.5 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.