Climate averages 1991–2020
Chlef weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Chlef: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khemis Miliana (80 km away). In January its highs average 14.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chlef, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Chlef ranks 9th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Chlef is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 52 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
Chlef climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 52 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 50 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 35 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 64 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 49 | 8.0 | 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
- Khemis Miliana in JanuaryAlgeria · 80 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Relizane in JanuaryAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Tiaret in JanuaryAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Sougueur in JanuaryAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Mostaganem in JanuaryAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Médéa in JanuaryAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Mascara in JanuaryAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Blida in JanuaryAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 79 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 Chlef) is explained once on the Chlef year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.