Aflou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Aflou?

Aflou has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 269 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aflou?

The hottest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2019, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Aflou?

The coldest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1967, at -13.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Aflou?

Yes. Aflou gets on average 17.0 cm of snow per year and has around 38 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Aflou warmed?

Yes: Aflou warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Aflou?

The wettest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2025, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Aflou?

The windiest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2007, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Aflou?

The warmest month in Aflou is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Aflou?

Aflou receives on average 269 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Aflou?

Aflou gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Aflou (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 269 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Aflou averages 38 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.

Aflou has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 24 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 13 July 2019) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 14 December 1967).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AflouLaghouat Province

coords: 34.11°, 2.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.6°C

Average daily high

20.4°C

Average daily low

9.2°C

Annual rainfall

269mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

17.7km/h

Seasonal range

22.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

38 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

82 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

60 d/yr

Annual snowfall

17.0 cm

Average feels-like high

17.7 °C

Average feels-like low

6.1 °C

Average peak gust

40.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

36 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.3 °C

13 July 2019

Coldest day

-13.6 °C

14 December 1967

Wettest day

53 mm

14 May 2025

Windiest day

51.4 km/h

8 March 2007

Strongest gust

114.8 km/h

5 March 2009

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

12 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-17.7 °C

14 December 1967

Snowiest day

27.4 cm

19 December 1999

Sunniest day

14.0 h

11 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.6 °C22 July 2025	-2.4 °C28 November 2025	16.3 °C	330 mm	105	13
2024	40.1 °C11 July 2024	-2.3 °C27 December 2024	17.2 °C	206 mm	95	11
2023	39.9 °C30 July 2023	-4.9 °C24 January 2023	16.8 °C	135 mm	100	33
2022	37.8 °C4 July 2022	-3.4 °C20 January 2022	16.8 °C	244 mm	119	25
2021	39.9 °C1 July 2021	-3.1 °C4 January 2021	16.9 °C	175 mm	121	19
2020	38.8 °C1 July 2020	-3.5 °C27 December 2020	16.4 °C	186 mm	97	24
2019	40.3 °C13 July 2019	-4.2 °C12 January 2019	15.7 °C	190 mm	100	33
2018	39.9 °C22 July 2018	-4.2 °C8 January 2018	14.9 °C	378 mm	69	28
2017	38.2 °C15 July 2017	-3.1 °C4 December 2017	16.0 °C	175 mm	105	39
2016	38.5 °C11 July 2016	-2.7 °C17 January 2016	16.3 °C	231 mm	103	15
2015	38.5 °C29 July 2015	-3.6 °C2 January 2015	15.7 °C	239 mm	96	32
2014	38.2 °C3 August 2014	-2.1 °C31 December 2014	15.9 °C	320 mm	101	21
2013	38.4 °C21 July 2013	-3.6 °C26 February 2013	15.0 °C	264 mm	93	35
2012	39.0 °C31 July 2012	-6.8 °C4 February 2012	15.6 °C	277 mm	100	55
2011	38.2 °C8 August 2011	-3.4 °C22 January 2011	15.2 °C	378 mm	98	30
2010	38.3 °C9 July 2010	-4.1 °C17 December 2010	16.0 °C	246 mm	89	15
2009	38.3 °C28 July 2009	-3.0 °C10 January 2009	15.3 °C	348 mm	97	20
2008	38.5 °C11 July 2008	-3.5 °C7 March 2008	15.2 °C	329 mm	87	28
2007	37.8 °C25 July 2007	-4.7 °C17 December 2007	15.1 °C	275 mm	90	26
2006	37.2 °C30 July 2006	-4.5 °C14 January 2006	15.6 °C	348 mm	94	29
2005	39.6 °C28 July 2005	-6.2 °C28 January 2005	15.5 °C	238 mm	101	72
2004	38.7 °C14 August 2004	-4.4 °C28 December 2004	15.1 °C	212 mm	80	25
2003	38.3 °C18 July 2003	-5.3 °C2 February 2003	15.5 °C	276 mm	94	26
2002	37.6 °C14 August 2002	-3.2 °C18 January 2002	15.6 °C	195 mm	85	24
2001	38.2 °C11 July 2001	-1.7 °C21 January 2001	16.4 °C	139 mm	104	21
2000	38.0 °C27 July 2000	-3.9 °C1 January 2000	15.5 °C	116 mm	89	38
1999	38.8 °C15 July 1999	-5.5 °C17 December 1999	15.8 °C	325 mm	110	41
1998	37.6 °C20 July 1998	-3.9 °C22 January 1998	15.1 °C	167 mm	86	43
1997	36.9 °C23 July 1997	-2.2 °C13 January 1997	15.1 °C	310 mm	77	19
1996	37.1 °C7 July 1996	-4.2 °C23 February 1996	14.2 °C	343 mm	57	24
1995	36.4 °C10 July 1995	-4.1 °C14 January 1995	14.9 °C	219 mm	75	25
1994	37.1 °C28 June 1994	-3.0 °C25 December 1994	15.5 °C	295 mm	103	27
1993	38.2 °C27 June 1993	-7.9 °C2 March 1993	14.8 °C	182 mm	90	41
1992	35.2 °C4 July 1992	-4.3 °C30 December 1992	13.7 °C	200 mm	58	38
1991	36.9 °C26 July 1991	-3.4 °C15 January 1991	13.5 °C	376 mm	77	46
1990	35.9 °C26 June 1990	-2.7 °C2 December 1990	15.0 °C	310 mm	95	23
1989	36.8 °C8 August 1989	-4.9 °C4 January 1989	14.8 °C	319 mm	67	26
1988	38.6 °C6 July 1988	-4.4 °C27 February 1988	15.0 °C	257 mm	74	35
1987	37.4 °C16 August 1987	-4.6 °C20 January 1987	15.7 °C	214 mm	85	27
1986	36.1 °C9 July 1986	-3.5 °C25 December 1986	14.1 °C	334 mm	80	40
1985	36.8 °C5 August 1985	-7.1 °C16 January 1985	14.9 °C	293 mm	82	34
1984	35.9 °C22 July 1984	-4.2 °C11 January 1984	14.0 °C	166 mm	78	45
1983	37.1 °C12 July 1983	-4.3 °C21 January 1983	15.4 °C	150 mm	76	39
1982	36.8 °C5 August 1982	-4.0 °C25 December 1982	14.3 °C	373 mm	75	41
1981	36.2 °C1 July 1981	-4.5 °C14 January 1981	14.9 °C	252 mm	66	40
1980	37.5 °C2 August 1980	-4.8 °C16 March 1980	13.7 °C	346 mm	75	51
1979	36.8 °C26 July 1979	-6.4 °C22 December 1979	14.1 °C	248 mm	59	33
1978	38.6 °C18 July 1978	-4.8 °C14 January 1978	14.1 °C	146 mm	67	24
1977	38.2 °C14 July 1977	-3.1 °C31 March 1977	14.5 °C	368 mm	58	15
1976	35.9 °C23 July 1976	-6.1 °C27 January 1976	12.9 °C	405 mm	49	43
1975	37.0 °C10 July 1975	-5.2 °C7 January 1975	13.4 °C	336 mm	77	59
1974	37.1 °C28 June 1974	-4.2 °C24 December 1974	13.4 °C	299 mm	81	52
1973	37.5 °C19 July 1973	-4.9 °C1 March 1973	13.8 °C	340 mm	84	63
1972	36.1 °C29 July 1972	-7.1 °C7 December 1972	12.5 °C	641 mm	53	50
1971	36.5 °C4 July 1971	-4.5 °C2 January 1971	13.2 °C	435 mm	67	40
1970	38.4 °C8 August 1970	-3.5 °C17 February 1970	14.4 °C	242 mm	71	30
1969	35.6 °C4 August 1969	-3.9 °C3 January 1969	13.8 °C	497 mm	50	39
1968	36.2 °C5 August 1968	-3.3 °C5 February 1968	14.3 °C	225 mm	65	35
1967	35.8 °C16 August 1967	-13.6 °C14 December 1967	14.2 °C	255 mm	75	51
1966	36.9 °C31 July 1966	-3.9 °C24 December 1966	14.5 °C	229 mm	81	39
1965	37.8 °C26 July 1965	-5.4 °C1 January 1965	13.8 °C	388 mm	62	42
1964	36.8 °C8 July 1964	-4.6 °C11 February 1964	14.2 °C	285 mm	79	53
1963	36.8 °C16 July 1963	-4.4 °C30 January 1963	13.8 °C	309 mm	71	32
1962	37.5 °C15 July 1962	-5.0 °C1 February 1962	14.2 °C	275 mm	82	42
1961	36.8 °C2 August 1961	-5.7 °C16 January 1961	14.8 °C	202 mm	71	36
1960	37.7 °C16 August 1960	-8.2 °C16 January 1960	14.3 °C	276 mm	70	42
1959	36.6 °C31 July 1959	-4.6 °C18 January 1959	14.3 °C	171 mm	71	31
1958	36.9 °C8 July 1958	-4.3 °C1 January 1958	14.4 °C	262 mm	81	37
1957	35.0 °C21 July 1957	-4.9 °C21 January 1957	13.5 °C	290 mm	69	50
1956	36.2 °C21 July 1956	-6.3 °C5 February 1956	13.2 °C	198 mm	91	67
1955	37.0 °C1 August 1955	-3.5 °C1 March 1955	14.5 °C	326 mm	74	19
1954	35.8 °C30 June 1954	-9.2 °C5 February 1954	13.2 °C	203 mm	74	55
1953	37.5 °C14 July 1953	-7.2 °C11 January 1953	13.1 °C	230 mm	62	64
1952	37.0 °C6 August 1952	-4.2 °C6 February 1952	14.4 °C	229 mm	94	60
1951	36.3 °C21 July 1951	-5.9 °C1 January 1951	13.7 °C	372 mm	82	45
1950	36.9 °C15 July 1950	-5.9 °C31 December 1950	13.9 °C	268 mm	76	50
1949	36.9 °C15 July 1949	-5.4 °C5 February 1949	13.7 °C	304 mm	76	53
1948	36.9 °C8 August 1948	-2.7 °C21 January 1948	13.8 °C	280 mm	78	29
1947	35.4 °C20 August 1947	-3.1 °C18 December 1947	14.5 °C	303 mm	76	32
1946	37.1 °C19 July 1946	-4.1 °C30 December 1946	14.2 °C	226 mm	85	43
1945	37.1 °C13 July 1945	-8.1 °C4 January 1945	14.8 °C	150 mm	90	53
1944	36.7 °C2 July 1944	-5.0 °C7 January 1944	13.9 °C	138 mm	77	82
1943	35.4 °C27 July 1943	-5.1 °C15 December 1943	13.2 °C	293 mm	65	47
1942	35.4 °C11 July 1942	-5.2 °C12 January 1942	14.0 °C	235 mm	84	57
1941	36.4 °C3 August 1941	-7.4 °C5 January 1941	13.6 °C	220 mm	74	52
1940	36.3 °C1 August 1940	-8.7 °C29 December 1940	13.4 °C	202 mm	63	49

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

13 d/yr

-25

Annual rainfall

330 mm

+61 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.6 °C	+1.3 °C	28 mm	+6 mm
Feb	12.8 °C	+1.6 °C	10 mm	-8 mm
Mar	15.5 °C	+0.8 °C	25 mm	-2 mm
Apr	20.7 °C	+2.3 °C	43 mm	+12 mm
May	24.8 °C	+1.2 °C	76 mm	+46 mm
Jun	32.9 °C	+3.3 °C	7 mm	-11 mm
Jul	34.8 °C	+1.1 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Aug	33.7 °C	+1.0 °C	7 mm	-6 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+1.5 °C	33 mm	+1 mm
Oct	22.7 °C	+2.3 °C	26 mm	-5 mm
Nov	15.8 °C	+1.6 °C	2 mm	-18 mm
Dec	9.7 °C	-0.3 °C	66 mm	+46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.4 °C

28 Nov 2025

Wettest day

53.1 mm

14 May 2025

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

5 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

5 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.3 °C

14 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

4.5 cm

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Aflou?

Aflou has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 269 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aflou?

The hottest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2019, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Aflou?

The coldest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1967, at -13.6 °C.

Does it snow in Aflou?

Yes. Aflou gets on average 17.0 cm of snow per year and has around 38 frost days.

Has the climate of Aflou warmed?

Yes: Aflou warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Aflou?

The wettest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2025, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Aflou?

The windiest day measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2007, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Aflou?

The warmest month in Aflou is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Aflou?

Aflou receives on average 269 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Aflou?

Aflou gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aflou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aflou between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1999, with 27.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Aflou?

Yes: Aflou has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aflou?

In Aflou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 12 July 2023, and the lowest was -17.7 °C on 14 December 1967.

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