Babor climate — normals and trends
Babor (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 773 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 August (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Babor averages 3 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Babor has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -6.8 °C (on 13 January 1942).
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
BaborSétif Province
- coords
- 36.49°, 5.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
773mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
35 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
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
39.9 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-6.8 °C
13 January 1942
Wettest day
89 mm
29 November 1967
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
7 March 1985
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
8 February 1996
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-11.8 °C
31 December 1940
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
7 March 1985
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 171 mm | +74 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 52 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 75 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 87 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 103 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 118 mm | +37 mm |
| Dec | 13.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Babor?
Babor has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Babor?
The hottest day measured in Babor between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Babor?
The coldest day measured in Babor between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1942, at -6.8 °C.
Does it snow in Babor?
Yes. Babor gets on average 20.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Babor warmed?
Yes: Babor warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Babor?
The wettest day measured in Babor between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1967, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Babor?
The windiest day measured in Babor between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1985, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Babor?
The warmest month in Babor is August (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Babor?
Babor receives on average 773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Babor?
Babor gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Babor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Babor between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1985, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Babor?
Yes: Babor has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Babor?
In Babor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 11 July 2023, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 31 December 1940.
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