Climate averages 1991–2020
Djelfa 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 Djelfa: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hassi Bahbah (49 km away). In January its highs average 11.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Djelfa, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Djelfa ranks joint 50th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Djelfa is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 25 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
Djelfa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 29 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 16 | 4.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 8.5 | 2.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 14 | 4.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 36 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 21 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 23 | 5.4 | 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
- Hassi Bahbah in JanuaryAlgeria · 49 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Messaad in JanuaryAlgeria · 62 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in JanuaryAlgeria · 92 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in JanuaryAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Laghouat in JanuaryAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Aflou in JanuaryAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 18 mm rain
- M'Sila in JanuaryAlgeria · 163 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Sougueur in JanuaryAlgeria · 171 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 40 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 Djelfa) is explained once on the Djelfa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.