El Hadjira climate — normals and trends
El Hadjira (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 50 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 (34.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
El Hadjira averages 2 frost days, 163 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.
El Hadjira has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.1 °C (on 5 July 2018) and the coldest -6.4 °C (on 6 January 1941).
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 HadjiraOuargla Province
- coords
- 32.61°, 5.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.3°C
Average daily high
28.3°C
Average daily low
16.2°C
Annual rainfall
50mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
40%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
163 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
10 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
138 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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
50.1 °C
5 July 2018
Coldest day
-6.4 °C
6 January 1941
Wettest day
43 mm
16 March 1943
Windiest day
69.2 km/h
21 January 2009
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
21 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
49.8 °C
10 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
6 January 1941
Snowiest day
2.1 cm
19 December 1999
Sunniest day
13.3 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 19.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 29.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 33.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 38.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 42.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 40.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 36.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 30.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 23.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 18.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Hadjira?
El Hadjira has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 50 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Hadjira?
The hottest day measured in El Hadjira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2018, reaching 50.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Hadjira?
The coldest day measured in El Hadjira between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -6.4 °C.
Does it snow in El Hadjira?
Almost never: El Hadjira sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Hadjira warmed?
Yes: El Hadjira warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Hadjira?
The wettest day measured in El Hadjira between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1943, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Hadjira?
The windiest day measured in El Hadjira between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2009, with winds reaching 69.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Hadjira?
The warmest month in El Hadjira is July (34.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in El Hadjira?
El Hadjira receives on average 50 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Hadjira?
El Hadjira 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 Hadjira?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Hadjira between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1999, with 2.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Hadjira?
Yes: El Hadjira has on average 138 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Hadjira?
In El Hadjira, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.8 °C on 10 July 2005, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 6 January 1941.
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