Ksar el Boukhari climate — normals and trends
Ksar el Boukhari (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 376 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ksar el Boukhari averages 14 frost days, 90 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.
Ksar el Boukhari has warmed by +2.7 °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 24 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -14.1 °C (on 27 January 2005).
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
Ksar el BoukhariMedea Province
- coords
- 35.89°, 2.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
376mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
90 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
76 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.5 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
41 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
43.1 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-14.1 °C
27 January 2005
Wettest day
68 mm
27 November 1971
Windiest day
38.8 km/h
17 April 1976
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
6 February 1996
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
31 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-17.8 °C
27 January 2005
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
12 December 1967
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 | 13.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 58 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 15.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 13 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 25.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 35.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 7 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 36.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 35.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 31.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 21 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 45 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ksar el Boukhari?
Ksar el Boukhari has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 376 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ksar el Boukhari?
The hottest day measured in Ksar el Boukhari between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ksar el Boukhari?
The coldest day measured in Ksar el Boukhari between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -14.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ksar el Boukhari?
Yes. Ksar el Boukhari gets on average 7.4 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Ksar el Boukhari warmed?
Yes: Ksar el Boukhari warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ksar el Boukhari?
The wettest day measured in Ksar el Boukhari between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1971, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ksar el Boukhari?
The windiest day measured in Ksar el Boukhari between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1976, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ksar el Boukhari?
The warmest month in Ksar el Boukhari is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ksar el Boukhari?
Ksar el Boukhari receives on average 376 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ksar el Boukhari?
Ksar el Boukhari gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ksar el Boukhari?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ksar el Boukhari between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ksar el Boukhari?
Yes: Ksar el Boukhari has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ksar el Boukhari?
In Ksar el Boukhari, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 31 July 2024, and the lowest was -17.8 °C on 27 January 2005.
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