Climate averages 1991–2020
Médéa 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 Médéa: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blida (24 km away). In January its highs average 14.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Médéa, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Médéa ranks joint 41st of 55 for the warmest January highs and 44th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Médéa is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 55 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
Médéa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 61 | 9.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 55 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 63 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 50 | 7.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 13 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 32 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 8.9 | 9.710 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
- Blida in JanuaryAlgeria · 24 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Beni Mered in JanuaryAlgeria · 30 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in JanuaryAlgeria · 48 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Algiers in JanuaryAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Bab Ezzouar in JanuaryAlgeria · 64 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Rouiba in JanuaryAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in JanuaryAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in JanuaryAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.0°C · 111 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 Médéa) is explained once on the Médéa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.