Maâtkas climate — normals and trends
Maâtkas (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 725 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Maâtkas averages 16 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Maâtkas has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 27 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.2 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -11.9 °C (on 21 February 1956).
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
MaâtkasTizi Ouzou Province
- coords
- 36.60°, 3.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
725mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 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
44.2 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-11.9 °C
21 February 1956
Wettest day
92 mm
5 October 1957
Windiest day
33.6 km/h
8 February 1996
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
30 December 2000
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
27 July 2013
Coldest feels-like
-16.6 °C
21 February 1956
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
3 February 2012
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 124 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 15.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 39 mm | -40 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 62 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 81 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 87 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 32.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 7 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 18 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 34.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 94 mm | +46 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 51 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 77 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 56 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maâtkas?
Maâtkas has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 725 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maâtkas?
The hottest day measured in Maâtkas between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 44.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maâtkas?
The coldest day measured in Maâtkas between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1956, at -11.9 °C.
Does it snow in Maâtkas?
Yes. Maâtkas gets on average 10.5 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Maâtkas warmed?
Yes: Maâtkas warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maâtkas?
The wettest day measured in Maâtkas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maâtkas?
The windiest day measured in Maâtkas between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 33.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maâtkas?
The warmest month in Maâtkas is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Maâtkas?
Maâtkas receives on average 725 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maâtkas?
Maâtkas gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maâtkas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maâtkas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maâtkas?
Yes: Maâtkas has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maâtkas?
In Maâtkas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 27 July 2013, and the lowest was -16.6 °C on 21 February 1956.
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