Climate averages 1991–2020

Bou Saâda weather
in February.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 14.4°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 3.3°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 16 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bou Saâda · average highYear overview

February is a cool month in Bou Saâda: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is M'Sila (65 km away). In February its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Bou Saâda, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bou Saâda ranks joint 31st of 55 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 55 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 55 cities is 14.5°C; Bou Saâda is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

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

Every month, side by side

Bou Saâda climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bou Saâda, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.6°C2.7°C2.7°C234.510.110 h
February, selected 14.4°C3.3°C3.3°C163.910.911 h
March 18.7°C6.1°C6.1°C234.511.912 h
April 22.5°C9.3°C9.3°C325.013.113 h
May 27.7°C13.6°C13.6°C284.914.014 h
June 33.6°C18.6°C18.6°C112.914.514 h
July 37.6°C22.1°C22.1°C7.83.014.314 h
August 36.6°C21.9°C21.9°C134.513.513 h
September 30.3°C17.6°C17.6°C346.212.412 h
October 24.6°C12.7°C12.7°C304.511.311 h
November 17.4°C7.3°C7.3°C214.210.410 h
December 13.3°C3.8°C3.8°C184.09.810 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

Distance from Bou Saâda

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 Bou Saâda) is explained once on the Bou Saâda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.