Climate averages 1991–2020

Biskra weather
in January.

A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 5.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 13 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Biskra: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 8th 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 Barika (68 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 3.1°C cooler than Biskra, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Biskra ranks joint 6th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Biskra is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 7.7 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Biskra climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Biskra, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	15.6°C5.2°C	5.2°C	13	2.3	10.110 h
February	17.5°C6.1°C	6.1°C	7.7	1.9	10.911 h
March	21.7°C9.7°C	9.7°C	15	2.5	11.912 h
April	25.6°C13.4°C	13.4°C	16	2.5	13.013 h
May	30.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	6.4	1.6	14.014 h
June	36.1°C23.2°C	23.2°C	2.2	0.7	14.514 h
July	39.2°C26.4°C	26.4°C	0.6	0.2	14.214 h
August	38.4°C26.2°C	26.2°C	4.0	0.9	13.513 h
September	32.9°C22.0°C	22.0°C	17	2.5	12.412 h
October	27.3°C16.5°C	16.5°C	13	2.3	11.311 h
November	20.4°C10.3°C	10.3°C	12	2.2	10.410 h
December	16.2°C6.3°C	6.3°C	11	2.2	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

Distance from Biskra

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Biskra) is explained once on the Biskra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.