Climate averages 1991–2020
Souk Ahras 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 Souk Ahras: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 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 Guelma (51 km away). In January its highs average 13.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Souk Ahras, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Souk Ahras ranks 38th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 42nd of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Souk Ahras is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 53 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
Souk Ahras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 68 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 68 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 58 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 28 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 11 | 3.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 27 | 6.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 48 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 54 | 8.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 53 | 9.3 | 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
- Guelma in JanuaryAlgeria · 51 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Annaba in JanuaryAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in JanuaryAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Tébessa in JanuaryAlgeria · 99 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 mm rain
- El Khroub in JanuaryAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Skikda in JanuaryAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Khenchela in JanuaryAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Constantine in JanuaryAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 45 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 Souk Ahras) is explained once on the Souk Ahras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.