Climate averages 1991–2020
Skikda weather
in January.
A cool, 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 Skikda: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Constantine (63 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Skikda, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Skikda ranks 24th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 54th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Skikda is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 94 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
Skikda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 113 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 75 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 54 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 66 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 116 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 121 | 12.7 | 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
- Constantine in JanuaryAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Guelma in JanuaryAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 66 mm rain
- El Khroub in JanuaryAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Annaba in JanuaryAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Jijel in JanuaryAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in JanuaryAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 33 mm rain
- El Eulma in JanuaryAlgeria · 135 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 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 Skikda) is explained once on the Skikda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.