Climate averages 1991–2020
M'Sila 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 M'Sila: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°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 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Achir (40 km away). In January its highs average 9.9°C, 2.6°C cooler than M'Sila, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, M'Sila ranks joint 34th 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; M'Sila is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 19 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
M'Sila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 23 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 36.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 24 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 20 | 4.8 | 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
- El Achir in JanuaryAlgeria · 40 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in JanuaryAlgeria · 45 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in JanuaryAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Barika in JanuaryAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Sétif in JanuaryAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 58 mm rain
- El Eulma in JanuaryAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in JanuaryAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Béjaïa in JanuaryAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 87 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 M'Sila) is explained once on the M'Sila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.