Barbacha climate — normals and trends
Barbacha (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 624 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Barbacha averages 9 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Barbacha has warmed by +2.7 °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 17 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest -11.8 °C (on 30 December 1940).
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
BarbachaBéjaia Province
- coords
- 36.57°, 4.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
624mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
51 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.9 cm
Average feels-like high
20.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
40.8 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
30 December 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
29 November 1967
Windiest day
34.5 km/h
21 February 2004
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-16.4 °C
30 December 1940
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
1 December 1969
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 129 mm | +59 mm |
| Feb | 15.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 61 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 23.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 2 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 31.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 13 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 65 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 61 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 42 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barbacha?
Barbacha has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 624 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barbacha?
The hottest day measured in Barbacha between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barbacha?
The coldest day measured in Barbacha between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1940, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Barbacha?
Yes. Barbacha gets on average 13.9 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Barbacha warmed?
Yes: Barbacha warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barbacha?
The wettest day measured in Barbacha between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1967, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barbacha?
The windiest day measured in Barbacha between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2004, with winds reaching 34.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barbacha?
The warmest month in Barbacha is August (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Barbacha?
Barbacha receives on average 624 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barbacha?
Barbacha gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Barbacha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barbacha between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1969, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barbacha?
Yes: Barbacha has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barbacha?
In Barbacha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 11 July 2023, and the lowest was -16.4 °C on 30 December 1940.
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