El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh climate — normals and trends
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh (Algeria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 127 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 (30.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh averages 21 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 30 July 2023) and the coldest -9.8 °C (on 29 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
El Abiodh Sidi CheikhEl Bayadh Province
- coords
- 32.89°, 0.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
127mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
109 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
40.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
78 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
43.0 °C
30 July 2023
Coldest day
-9.8 °C
29 December 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
16 November 1980
Windiest day
63.6 km/h
8 March 2007
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
8 March 2007
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
19 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-16.2 °C
2 February 1954
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
17 January 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
4 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 | 13.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 15.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 34.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 37.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 36.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 8 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 19.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 12.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 68 mm | +56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 127 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The hottest day measured in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2023, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The coldest day measured in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1940, at -9.8 °C.
Does it snow in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
Yes. El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh warmed?
Yes: El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The wettest day measured in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1980, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The windiest day measured in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2007, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The warmest month in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh is July (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh receives on average 127 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1948, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
Yes: El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh has on average 78 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh?
In El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 19 July 2024, and the lowest was -16.2 °C on 2 February 1954.
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