Climate averages 1991–2020
Biskra weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Biskra: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (68 km away). In July its highs average 36.7°C, 2.4°C cooler than Biskra, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Biskra ranks 7th of 55 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 55 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 55 cities is 34.5°C; Biskra is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Biskra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Barika in JulyAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Batna in JulyAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 16 mm rain
- M'Sila in JulyAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Khenchela in JulyAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 10 mm rain
- El Eulma in JulyAlgeria · 145 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in JulyAlgeria · 147 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Sétif in JulyAlgeria · 152 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in JulyAlgeria · 162 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 8.4 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 Biskra) is explained once on the Biskra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.