Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidi Bel Abbes weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Sidi Bel Abbes: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aïn Temouchent (48 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sidi Bel Abbes, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sidi Bel Abbes ranks joint 22nd of 55 for the warmest January highs and 38th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Sidi Bel Abbes is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 48 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
Sidi Bel Abbes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 56 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 48 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 52 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 47 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 30 | 4.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 34.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.0 | 1.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 33 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 58 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 46 | 7.7 | 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
- Aïn Temouchent in JanuaryAlgeria · 48 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Oran in JanuaryAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tlemcen in JanuaryAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Mascara in JanuaryAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Saïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 82 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Mostaganem in JanuaryAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Maghnia in JanuaryAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Relizane in JanuaryAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 47 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 Sidi Bel Abbes) is explained once on the Sidi Bel Abbes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.