Climate averages 1991–2020
Oran 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 Oran: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Sidi Bel Abbes (57 km away). In January its highs average 14.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Oran, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Oran ranks joint 16th of 55 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Oran is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 39 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
Oran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 43 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 3.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 14 | 2.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 31 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 63 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.0 | 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
- Sidi Bel Abbes in JanuaryAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in JanuaryAlgeria · 64 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Mostaganem in JanuaryAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Mascara in JanuaryAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Relizane in JanuaryAlgeria · 108 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Tlemcen in JanuaryAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Saïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Maghnia in JanuaryAlgeria · 137 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 48 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 Oran) is explained once on the Oran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.