Bouïra climate — normals and trends
Bouïra (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 594 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Bouïra averages 25 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Bouïra 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 40 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 12 August 2021) and the coldest -13.8 °C (on 21 February 1956).
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
BouïraBouira Province
- coords
- 36.37°, 3.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
7.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
42.0 °C
12 August 2021
Coldest day
-13.8 °C
21 February 1956
Wettest day
65 mm
5 October 1957
Windiest day
34.8 km/h
8 February 1996
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
30 December 2000
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
2 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-18.1 °C
21 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
3 February 2012
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 75 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 14.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 24 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 16.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 86 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 13 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 34.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 33.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 77 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 43 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 59 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bouïra?
Bouïra has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bouïra?
The hottest day measured in Bouïra between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2021, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bouïra?
The coldest day measured in Bouïra between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1956, at -13.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bouïra?
Yes. Bouïra gets on average 16.5 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Bouïra warmed?
Yes: Bouïra warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bouïra?
The wettest day measured in Bouïra between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bouïra?
The windiest day measured in Bouïra between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bouïra?
The warmest month in Bouïra is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bouïra?
Bouïra receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bouïra?
Bouïra gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bouïra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bouïra between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bouïra?
Yes: Bouïra has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bouïra?
In Bouïra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 2 July 2022, and the lowest was -18.1 °C on 21 February 1956.
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