El Menia climate — normals and trends
El Menia (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 31 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 (34.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
El Menia averages 7 frost days, 168 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 6 rainy days per year.
El Menia has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 14 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.9 °C (on 30 July 2023) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 21 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 MeniaEl Menia
- coords
- 30.58°, 2.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.1°C
Average daily high
28.4°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
31mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
35%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
168 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
6 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.5 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
135 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
47.9 °C
30 July 2023
Coldest day
-7.5 °C
21 December 1940
Wettest day
46 mm
11 May 1990
Windiest day
71.5 km/h
22 March 1956
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
22 March 1956
Hottest feels-like
47.8 °C
29 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-12.3 °C
21 December 1940
Snowiest day
0.8 cm
21 January 2009
Sunniest day
13.7 h
20 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 | 17.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 19.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 26.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 29.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 33.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 38.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 41.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 40.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 36.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 31.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 17.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Menia?
El Menia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Menia?
The hottest day measured in El Menia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2023, reaching 47.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Menia?
The coldest day measured in El Menia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1940, at -7.5 °C.
Does it snow in El Menia?
Almost never: El Menia sees virtually no snow, with about 7 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Menia warmed?
Yes: El Menia warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Menia?
The wettest day measured in El Menia between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1990, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Menia?
The windiest day measured in El Menia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1956, with winds reaching 71.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Menia?
The warmest month in El Menia is July (34.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Menia?
El Menia receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Menia?
El Menia gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Menia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Menia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2009, with 0.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Menia?
Yes: El Menia has on average 135 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Menia?
In El Menia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 29 July 2005, and the lowest was -12.3 °C on 21 December 1940.
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