Climate averages 1991–2020
Mascara weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Mascara: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Relizane (53 km away). In January its highs average 15.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Mascara, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Mascara ranks 28th of 55 for the warmest January highs and joint 30th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Mascara is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 46 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
Mascara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 32 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.4 | 2.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 34.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 23 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 54 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 7.5 | 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
- Relizane in JanuaryAlgeria · 53 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Mostaganem in JanuaryAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Saïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in JanuaryAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Oran in JanuaryAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tiaret in JanuaryAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in JanuaryAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Sougueur in JanuaryAlgeria · 125 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 Mascara) is explained once on the Mascara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.