Climate averages 1991–2020
Saïda weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Saïda: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mascara (63 km away). In January its highs average 13.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Saïda, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Saïda ranks joint 31st of 55 for the warmest January highs and 26th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Saïda is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 37 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
Saïda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 39 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 37 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 11 | 3.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 5.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 35 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 41 | 6.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Mascara in JanuaryAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in JanuaryAlgeria · 82 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Relizane in JanuaryAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Oran in JanuaryAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tiaret in JanuaryAlgeria · 122 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Mostaganem in JanuaryAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in JanuaryAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Sougueur in JanuaryAlgeria · 129 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 Saïda) is explained once on the Saïda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.