El Arrouch climate — normals and trends
El Arrouch (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 614 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
El Arrouch averages 0 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
El Arrouch has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 24 July 2023) and the coldest -6.1 °C (on 2 February 1999).
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 ArrouchSkikda Province
- coords
- 36.65°, 6.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
614mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
15.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
47 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
44.7 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest day
-6.1 °C
2 February 1999
Wettest day
85 mm
28 November 1967
Windiest day
44.4 km/h
4 April 2002
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
8 February 1996
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.6 °C
2 February 1999
Snowiest day
6.9 cm
2 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 123 mm | +43 mm |
| Feb | 16.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 53 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 18.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 89 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 23.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 85 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 3 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 92 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 15.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 54 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Arrouch?
El Arrouch has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 614 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Arrouch?
The hottest day measured in El Arrouch between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 44.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Arrouch?
The coldest day measured in El Arrouch between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -6.1 °C.
Does it snow in El Arrouch?
Yes. El Arrouch gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of El Arrouch warmed?
Yes: El Arrouch warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Arrouch?
The wettest day measured in El Arrouch between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1967, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Arrouch?
The windiest day measured in El Arrouch between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2002, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Arrouch?
The warmest month in El Arrouch is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Arrouch?
El Arrouch receives on average 614 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Arrouch?
El Arrouch gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Arrouch?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Arrouch between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, with 6.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Arrouch?
Yes: El Arrouch has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Arrouch?
In El Arrouch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.6 °C on 2 February 1999.
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