Climate averages 1991–2020
Bou Saâda weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Bou Saâda: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is M'Sila (65 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Bou Saâda, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bou Saâda ranks joint 31st of 55 for the warmest January highs and joint 16th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Bou Saâda is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 16 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
Bou Saâda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 23 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 32 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 28 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 37.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 7.8 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 13 | 4.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 34 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 18 | 4.0 | 9.810 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
January in nearby cities
- M'Sila in JanuaryAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Djelfa in JanuaryAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- El Achir in JanuaryAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in JanuaryAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in JanuaryAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Barika in JanuaryAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in JanuaryAlgeria · 118 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Messaad in JanuaryAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 14 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 Bou Saâda) is explained once on the Bou Saâda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.