Birine climate — normals and trends
Birine (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 287 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Birine averages 18 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Birine has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 14 July 2012) and the coldest -11.0 °C (on 27 January 2005).
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
BirineDjelfa Province
- coords
- 35.63°, 3.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
287mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
18 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
97 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
48 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
43.1 °C
14 July 2012
Coldest day
-11.0 °C
27 January 2005
Wettest day
43 mm
19 December 1999
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
14 January 1987
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
30 December 2000
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
29 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-15.4 °C
27 January 2005
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
19 December 1999
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 June 1940
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 | 12.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 15.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 35 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 35.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 8 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 37.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 35.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 47 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 39 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Birine?
Birine has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 287 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Birine?
The hottest day measured in Birine between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2012, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Birine?
The coldest day measured in Birine between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -11.0 °C.
Does it snow in Birine?
Yes. Birine gets on average 4.7 cm of snow per year and has around 18 frost days.
Has the climate of Birine warmed?
Yes: Birine warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Birine?
The wettest day measured in Birine between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1999, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Birine?
The windiest day measured in Birine between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Birine?
The warmest month in Birine is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Birine?
Birine receives on average 287 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Birine?
Birine 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 Birine?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Birine between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1999, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Birine?
Yes: Birine has on average 48 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Birine?
In Birine, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 29 July 2023, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 27 January 2005.
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