Béchar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Béchar?

Béchar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 80 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, reaching 46.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Béchar?

The coldest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at -5.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Béchar?

Almost never: Béchar sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Béchar warmed?

Yes: Béchar warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Béchar?

The wettest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1993, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Béchar?

The windiest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1964, with winds reaching 62.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Béchar?

The warmest month in Béchar is July (34.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Béchar?

Béchar receives on average 80 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Béchar?

Béchar gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Béchar (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 80 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 (34.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Béchar averages 3 frost days, 152 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.

Béchar has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 7 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.1 °C (on 13 July 2024) and the coldest -5.1 °C (on 7 January 1945).

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

BécharBéchar Province

coords: 31.62°, -2.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.4°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

80mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

32%

Average peak wind

20.9km/h

Seasonal range

24.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

152 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

16 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

24.3 °C

Average feels-like low

12.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

130 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

46.1 °C

13 July 2024

Coldest day

-5.1 °C

7 January 1945

Wettest day

81 mm

11 November 1993

Windiest day

62.9 km/h

26 March 1964

Strongest gust

102.6 km/h

14 March 1991

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-10.6 °C

2 February 1954

Snowiest day

4.5 cm

11 January 1951

Sunniest day

13.9 h

4 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.7 °C22 July 2025	1.6 °C16 January 2025	23.5 °C	64 mm	177	0
2024	46.1 °C13 July 2024	2.5 °C17 December 2024	24.5 °C	68 mm	173	0
2023	46.0 °C30 July 2023	-0.2 °C1 February 2023	24.1 °C	26 mm	198	1
2022	43.0 °C1 July 2022	1.7 °C20 January 2022	23.9 °C	42 mm	168	0
2021	45.1 °C17 July 2021	1.1 °C14 January 2021	24.1 °C	39 mm	180	0
2020	43.9 °C6 July 2020	0.8 °C6 January 2020	23.7 °C	47 mm	170	0
2019	44.6 °C14 July 2019	1.3 °C12 January 2019	23.2 °C	48 mm	173	0
2018	45.4 °C24 July 2018	0.5 °C6 February 2018	22.5 °C	68 mm	155	0
2017	44.5 °C28 July 2017	0.5 °C3 January 2017	23.3 °C	32 mm	174	0
2016	44.4 °C13 July 2016	1.4 °C31 December 2016	23.2 °C	101 mm	177	0
2015	44.6 °C27 July 2015	-0.2 °C5 January 2015	22.9 °C	62 mm	180	1
2014	44.3 °C24 July 2014	-0.6 °C31 December 2014	23.2 °C	148 mm	177	1
2013	44.8 °C16 July 2013	0.5 °C31 December 2013	22.7 °C	24 mm	181	0
2012	43.8 °C10 July 2012	-0.4 °C5 February 2012	22.6 °C	85 mm	170	2
2011	43.3 °C8 August 2011	1.2 °C6 February 2011	22.4 °C	68 mm	158	0
2010	44.7 °C25 July 2010	0.4 °C10 January 2010	23.6 °C	58 mm	173	0
2009	44.1 °C15 August 2009	2.5 °C8 January 2009	22.5 °C	109 mm	150	0
2008	44.0 °C8 July 2008	1.3 °C16 December 2008	22.0 °C	189 mm	150	0
2007	44.3 °C4 July 2007	0.8 °C31 December 2007	22.5 °C	52 mm	155	0
2006	43.1 °C7 July 2006	0.3 °C8 January 2006	22.6 °C	155 mm	174	0
2005	44.5 °C5 July 2005	-3.3 °C29 January 2005	22.7 °C	49 mm	179	10
2004	43.2 °C13 August 2004	0.4 °C31 December 2004	22.2 °C	54 mm	153	0
2003	43.9 °C5 July 2003	0.8 °C16 January 2003	22.6 °C	67 mm	167	0
2002	44.0 °C8 July 2002	0.9 °C7 December 2002	22.8 °C	42 mm	156	0
2001	43.9 °C12 July 2001	2.3 °C11 November 2001	23.5 °C	26 mm	181	0
2000	43.5 °C20 July 2000	-2.8 °C6 January 2000	22.3 °C	46 mm	151	10
1999	44.2 °C1 August 1999	-0.5 °C2 February 1999	23.0 °C	52 mm	179	1
1998	44.4 °C14 July 1998	1.4 °C10 December 1998	22.6 °C	42 mm	150	0
1997	43.5 °C30 July 1997	3.5 °C7 December 1997	22.6 °C	59 mm	154	0
1996	43.0 °C1 July 1996	1.8 °C9 December 1996	22.0 °C	129 mm	147	0
1995	43.1 °C6 August 1995	-1.0 °C14 January 1995	22.3 °C	40 mm	148	2
1994	42.9 °C25 July 1994	0.7 °C9 February 1994	22.3 °C	147 mm	144	0
1993	43.2 °C8 July 1993	-2.3 °C8 January 1993	21.5 °C	145 mm	148	5
1992	41.0 °C15 July 1992	-1.3 °C6 January 1992	20.8 °C	45 mm	141	2
1991	42.7 °C2 August 1991	-0.5 °C31 December 1991	21.0 °C	99 mm	134	1
1990	41.7 °C29 July 1990	1.6 °C18 January 1990	22.5 °C	74 mm	156	0
1989	41.9 °C6 July 1989	-0.9 °C4 January 1989	22.0 °C	110 mm	155	4
1988	43.6 °C7 July 1988	0.4 °C26 December 1988	21.9 °C	143 mm	156	0
1987	43.1 °C25 July 1987	0.3 °C2 January 1987	22.8 °C	64 mm	167	0
1986	42.1 °C8 July 1986	-1.4 °C26 December 1986	21.4 °C	123 mm	144	2
1985	42.6 °C1 July 1985	-2.4 °C1 January 1985	22.0 °C	90 mm	143	5
1984	42.1 °C26 June 1984	-3.0 °C12 January 1984	21.3 °C	24 mm	141	2
1983	43.0 °C14 July 1983	-1.9 °C5 January 1983	22.4 °C	20 mm	158	8
1982	42.0 °C6 August 1982	0.0 °C30 January 1982	21.2 °C	84 mm	150	0
1981	42.7 °C4 July 1981	-0.8 °C15 January 1981	22.2 °C	22 mm	167	1
1980	42.8 °C30 July 1980	-1.6 °C3 December 1980	21.5 °C	81 mm	150	1
1979	42.9 °C27 July 1979	-0.4 °C23 December 1979	21.4 °C	119 mm	141	1
1978	42.3 °C7 August 1978	-0.3 °C14 January 1978	21.5 °C	56 mm	141	1
1977	43.1 °C21 July 1977	3.4 °C9 January 1977	21.6 °C	85 mm	131	0
1976	41.8 °C21 July 1976	-2.3 °C29 January 1976	20.3 °C	89 mm	128	4
1975	41.8 °C13 July 1975	-0.7 °C8 January 1975	20.7 °C	104 mm	132	2
1974	41.9 °C29 June 1974	0.6 °C25 December 1974	20.8 °C	74 mm	142	0
1973	42.5 °C26 July 1973	-1.2 °C5 December 1973	21.1 °C	88 mm	160	4
1972	42.1 °C10 July 1972	-1.3 °C26 December 1972	20.3 °C	155 mm	128	2
1971	41.6 °C23 July 1971	-0.1 °C2 January 1971	20.4 °C	139 mm	127	2
1970	42.5 °C7 August 1970	1.7 °C16 December 1970	21.4 °C	60 mm	142	0
1969	42.5 °C4 August 1969	-1.6 °C3 December 1969	21.3 °C	75 mm	143	2
1968	41.2 °C4 August 1968	-0.1 °C22 January 1968	21.2 °C	68 mm	151	1
1967	41.8 °C9 July 1967	-2.4 °C13 December 1967	20.8 °C	142 mm	144	5
1966	43.2 °C31 July 1966	1.4 °C28 November 1966	21.4 °C	79 mm	142	0
1965	41.9 °C10 July 1965	-0.6 °C1 January 1965	20.8 °C	218 mm	131	1
1964	41.4 °C9 July 1964	-2.5 °C31 December 1964	20.7 °C	71 mm	161	10
1963	41.5 °C8 July 1963	-1.6 °C25 December 1963	20.6 °C	68 mm	133	5
1962	41.9 °C16 July 1962	-1.4 °C16 December 1962	21.1 °C	92 mm	151	2
1961	41.7 °C3 August 1961	0.9 °C3 January 1961	21.6 °C	40 mm	148	0
1960	42.0 °C19 August 1960	-1.0 °C18 December 1960	21.5 °C	55 mm	147	4
1959	41.6 °C30 July 1959	-0.2 °C7 January 1959	21.0 °C	75 mm	133	1
1958	42.2 °C7 July 1958	1.1 °C28 December 1958	21.0 °C	123 mm	149	0
1957	41.6 °C22 July 1957	-2.7 °C2 February 1957	20.2 °C	85 mm	138	12
1956	41.2 °C4 July 1956	-3.1 °C6 February 1956	19.8 °C	72 mm	141	14
1955	42.7 °C1 August 1955	0.5 °C13 March 1955	21.4 °C	142 mm	151	0
1954	41.1 °C7 August 1954	-4.9 °C2 February 1954	20.0 °C	106 mm	144	22
1953	42.9 °C14 July 1953	-2.3 °C6 January 1953	19.6 °C	98 mm	142	12
1952	42.2 °C5 August 1952	-3.5 °C10 January 1952	21.0 °C	51 mm	150	15
1951	42.7 °C12 July 1951	-1.1 °C26 January 1951	20.4 °C	146 mm	131	2
1950	40.7 °C10 July 1950	0.5 °C27 December 1950	20.5 °C	113 mm	131	0
1949	41.0 °C16 June 1949	-1.5 °C15 January 1949	20.3 °C	123 mm	138	4
1948	41.6 °C8 August 1948	0.9 °C19 January 1948	20.9 °C	46 mm	133	0
1947	42.3 °C13 July 1947	-1.8 °C21 December 1947	21.3 °C	77 mm	145	4
1946	41.4 °C18 July 1946	-1.5 °C23 December 1946	20.6 °C	27 mm	132	1
1945	41.6 °C18 August 1945	-5.1 °C7 January 1945	21.2 °C	43 mm	151	11
1944	42.3 °C13 July 1944	-3.0 °C10 January 1944	20.7 °C	26 mm	158	16
1943	40.7 °C13 July 1943	-0.3 °C25 November 1943	19.9 °C	90 mm	125	2
1942	41.4 °C16 August 1942	-0.5 °C4 January 1942	20.9 °C	55 mm	149	1
1941	41.8 °C16 July 1941	-1.5 °C5 January 1941	20.5 °C	86 mm	131	6
1940	41.3 °C6 July 1940	-4.8 °C27 December 1940	20.0 °C	22 mm	130	16

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

64 mm

-16 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.9 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	+0.6 °C	8 mm	+1 mm
Mar	23.8 °C	+1.4 °C	5 mm	-3 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+1.7 °C	7 mm	+1 mm
May	32.4 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Jun	38.6 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	41.9 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	40.2 °C	+1.1 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Sep	35.4 °C	+1.4 °C	6 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+3.9 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Nov	23.4 °C	+2.7 °C	8 mm	-6 mm
Dec	16.2 °C	0.0 °C	22 mm	+12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.7 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

1.6 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

7.7 mm

18 Nov 2025

Windiest day

48.6 km/h

14 May 2025

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

14 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

2 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Béchar?

Béchar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 80 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Béchar?

The hottest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2024, reaching 46.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Béchar?

The coldest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at -5.1 °C.

Does it snow in Béchar?

Almost never: Béchar sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Béchar warmed?

Yes: Béchar warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Béchar?

The wettest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1993, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Béchar?

The windiest day measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1964, with winds reaching 62.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Béchar?

The warmest month in Béchar is July (34.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Béchar?

Béchar receives on average 80 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Béchar?

Béchar gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Béchar?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Béchar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1951, with 4.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Béchar?

Yes: Béchar has on average 130 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Béchar?

In Béchar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 25 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.6 °C on 2 February 1954.

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