El Bayadh climate — normals and trends
El Bayadh (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 241 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
El Bayadh averages 36 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.
El Bayadh has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 11 July 2024) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 13 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
El BayadhEl Bayadh Province
- coords
- 33.68°, 1.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
241mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
88 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
55 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
39.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
38 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
40.7 °C
11 July 2024
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
13 December 1967
Wettest day
36 mm
20 October 2012
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
21 June 2022
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
21 April 1956
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
16 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-16.7 °C
13 December 1967
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
24 November 1977
Sunniest day
14.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 15 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 16.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 18 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 42 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 25.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 23.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 58 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Bayadh?
El Bayadh has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 241 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Bayadh?
The hottest day measured in El Bayadh between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2024, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Bayadh?
The coldest day measured in El Bayadh between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1967, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in El Bayadh?
Yes. El Bayadh gets on average 17.1 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of El Bayadh warmed?
Yes: El Bayadh warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Bayadh?
The wettest day measured in El Bayadh between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2012, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Bayadh?
The windiest day measured in El Bayadh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 2022, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Bayadh?
The warmest month in El Bayadh is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in El Bayadh?
El Bayadh receives on average 241 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Bayadh?
El Bayadh gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Bayadh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Bayadh between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1977, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Bayadh?
Yes: El Bayadh has on average 38 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Bayadh?
In El Bayadh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 16 July 2010, and the lowest was -16.7 °C on 13 December 1967.
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