Boufarik climate — normals and trends
Boufarik (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 682 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Boufarik averages 4 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Boufarik has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 8 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -6.7 °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
BoufarikBlida Province
- coords
- 36.57°, 2.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
682mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
64 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.8 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
43.5 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-6.7 °C
30 December 1940
Wettest day
103 mm
27 November 1971
Windiest day
41.0 km/h
10 January 1987
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
10 January 1987
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-11.0 °C
30 December 1940
Snowiest day
12.0 cm
24 January 1946
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 112 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 16.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 47 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 21.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 80 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 95 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 32.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 19.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 15.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 59 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Boufarik?
Boufarik has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 682 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Boufarik?
The hottest day measured in Boufarik between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Boufarik?
The coldest day measured in Boufarik between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1940, at -6.7 °C.
Does it snow in Boufarik?
Yes. Boufarik gets on average 8.8 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Boufarik warmed?
Yes: Boufarik warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Boufarik?
The wettest day measured in Boufarik between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1971, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Boufarik?
The windiest day measured in Boufarik between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, with winds reaching 41.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Boufarik?
The warmest month in Boufarik is August (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Boufarik?
Boufarik receives on average 682 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Boufarik?
Boufarik gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Boufarik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Boufarik between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1946, with 12.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Boufarik?
Yes: Boufarik has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Boufarik?
In Boufarik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -11.0 °C on 30 December 1940.
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