Bou Hanifia el Hamamat climate — normals and trends
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 376 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat averages 3 frost days, 102 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.8 °C (on 10 July 2023) and the coldest -6.9 °C (on 15 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
Bou Hanifia el HamamatMascara Province
- coords
- 35.31°, -0.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
23.8°C
Average daily low
12.1°C
Annual rainfall
376mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
102 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
47 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
44.8 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest day
-6.9 °C
15 December 1967
Wettest day
69 mm
13 November 2012
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
6 February 1996
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
12 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-11.4 °C
15 December 1967
Snowiest day
32.3 cm
11 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 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 | 16.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 18.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 34 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 19.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 24.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 42 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 36.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 9 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 36.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 36.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 11 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 28.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 20.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 15.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 62 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 376 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The hottest day measured in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, reaching 44.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The coldest day measured in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1967, at -6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
Yes. Bou Hanifia el Hamamat gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Bou Hanifia el Hamamat warmed?
Yes: Bou Hanifia el Hamamat warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The wettest day measured in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2012, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The windiest day measured in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1996, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The warmest month in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat is August (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat receives on average 376 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
Bou Hanifia el Hamamat 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 Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with 32.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
Yes: Bou Hanifia el Hamamat has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bou Hanifia el Hamamat?
In Bou Hanifia el Hamamat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 12 July 2023, and the lowest was -11.4 °C on 15 December 1967.
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