El Khroub climate — normals and trends
El Khroub (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 512 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
El Khroub averages 13 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
El Khroub 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 23 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest -12.9 °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 KhroubConstantine Province
- coords
- 36.26°, 6.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
512mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
68 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
42.6 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
-12.9 °C
2 February 1999
Wettest day
59 mm
25 October 1957
Windiest day
37.0 km/h
4 April 2002
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
8 February 1996
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
9 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-17.4 °C
2 February 1999
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
14 January 1995
Sunniest day
13.9 h
21 June 1941
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 | 13.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 79 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 14.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 57 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 74 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 86 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 59 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 32 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Khroub?
El Khroub has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Khroub?
The hottest day measured in El Khroub between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Khroub?
The coldest day measured in El Khroub between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -12.9 °C.
Does it snow in El Khroub?
Yes. El Khroub gets on average 13.2 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of El Khroub warmed?
Yes: El Khroub warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Khroub?
The wettest day measured in El Khroub between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1957, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Khroub?
The windiest day measured in El Khroub between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2002, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Khroub?
The warmest month in El Khroub is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Khroub?
El Khroub receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Khroub?
El Khroub gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Khroub?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Khroub between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1995, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Khroub?
Yes: El Khroub has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Khroub?
In El Khroub, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 9 July 2023, and the lowest was -17.4 °C on 2 February 1999.
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