Makouda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makouda?

Makouda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 797 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makouda?

The hottest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 43.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makouda?

The coldest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -5.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makouda?

Yes. Makouda gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Makouda warmed?

Yes: Makouda warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makouda?

The wettest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makouda?

The windiest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, with winds reaching 46.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makouda?

The warmest month in Makouda is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makouda?

Makouda receives on average 797 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makouda?

Makouda gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Makouda (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 797 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 August (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Makouda averages 1 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.

Makouda has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -5.0 °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

MakoudaTizi Ouzou Province

coords: 36.79°, 4.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.1°C

Average daily high

21.5°C

Average daily low

12.9°C

Annual rainfall

797mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

16.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

100 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.5 cm

Average feels-like high

21.3 °C

Average feels-like low

11.9 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

58 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

43.5 °C

23 July 2023

Coldest day

-5.0 °C

27 January 2005

Wettest day

108 mm

5 October 1957

Windiest day

46.2 km/h

14 January 1987

Strongest gust

112.7 km/h

14 January 1987

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

11 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-9.1 °C

27 January 2005

Snowiest day

11.5 cm

3 February 2012

Sunniest day

14.0 h

17 June 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.5 °C26 August 2025	5.1 °C10 February 2025	19.1 °C	732 mm	81	0
2024	39.8 °C31 July 2024	4.3 °C29 December 2024	19.3 °C	554 mm	72	0
2023	43.5 °C23 July 2023	2.8 °C5 March 2023	19.0 °C	730 mm	80	0
2022	38.7 °C14 August 2022	2.1 °C18 January 2022	19.1 °C	546 mm	93	0
2021	41.2 °C11 August 2021	3.1 °C4 January 2021	18.7 °C	642 mm	78	0
2020	37.6 °C28 July 2020	3.7 °C6 January 2020	18.4 °C	615 mm	54	0
2019	38.5 °C7 July 2019	2.8 °C8 January 2019	18.0 °C	791 mm	64	0
2018	37.0 °C13 July 2018	2.0 °C24 February 2018	17.7 °C	907 mm	62	0
2017	40.5 °C1 August 2017	2.9 °C17 January 2017	18.4 °C	684 mm	78	0
2016	36.1 °C21 July 2016	3.7 °C18 January 2016	18.3 °C	700 mm	55	0
2015	37.9 °C29 July 2015	2.2 °C10 February 2015	18.2 °C	676 mm	77	0
2014	36.6 °C18 July 2014	2.4 °C3 February 2014	18.4 °C	782 mm	66	0
2013	36.8 °C6 August 2013	0.2 °C27 February 2013	17.3 °C	1,130 mm	41	0
2012	37.8 °C17 August 2012	-2.5 °C14 February 2012	17.9 °C	849 mm	76	4
2011	37.4 °C12 July 2011	1.2 °C22 January 2011	17.9 °C	870 mm	50	0
2010	35.8 °C27 August 2010	1.6 °C11 March 2010	17.6 °C	811 mm	47	0
2009	38.9 °C22 July 2009	1.7 °C26 February 2009	17.7 °C	912 mm	69	0
2008	36.6 °C9 September 2008	1.8 °C26 January 2008	17.5 °C	760 mm	62	0
2007	39.2 °C29 August 2007	1.9 °C18 November 2007	17.4 °C	994 mm	50	0
2006	35.6 °C31 July 2006	2.6 °C15 January 2006	18.3 °C	566 mm	69	0
2005	37.2 °C10 August 2005	-5.0 °C27 January 2005	17.0 °C	685 mm	45	4
2004	39.1 °C24 August 2004	1.1 °C2 March 2004	17.4 °C	854 mm	68	0
2003	38.0 °C23 August 2003	2.4 °C31 January 2003	18.3 °C	1,036 mm	79	0
2002	39.9 °C2 August 2002	2.2 °C18 January 2002	17.9 °C	784 mm	45	0
2001	37.0 °C23 July 2001	2.1 °C13 February 2001	18.0 °C	645 mm	55	0
2000	39.9 °C20 August 2000	1.8 °C8 January 2000	17.9 °C	341 mm	63	0
1999	40.1 °C25 August 1999	-1.8 °C1 February 1999	17.8 °C	705 mm	70	4
1998	37.7 °C30 June 1998	0.6 °C23 January 1998	17.2 °C	859 mm	57	0
1997	39.5 °C15 July 1997	2.7 °C15 December 1997	17.9 °C	634 mm	47	0
1996	38.2 °C25 July 1996	2.2 °C24 February 1996	16.9 °C	929 mm	35	0
1995	41.3 °C10 August 1995	0.5 °C17 January 1995	17.6 °C	615 mm	47	0
1994	39.2 °C13 August 1994	1.0 °C5 February 1994	18.0 °C	543 mm	73	0
1993	37.0 °C5 July 1993	1.1 °C8 January 1993	16.8 °C	554 mm	46	0
1992	36.5 °C26 August 1992	1.0 °C7 January 1992	16.5 °C	864 mm	43	0
1991	37.1 °C22 July 1991	-0.2 °C15 January 1991	16.6 °C	601 mm	60	1
1990	36.3 °C9 September 1990	2.4 °C16 December 1990	17.9 °C	627 mm	69	0
1989	37.2 °C22 July 1989	1.9 °C14 February 1989	17.8 °C	490 mm	59	0
1988	40.2 °C2 August 1988	1.0 °C28 February 1988	17.5 °C	763 mm	56	0
1987	40.2 °C11 August 1987	-1.0 °C20 January 1987	17.7 °C	733 mm	62	1
1986	38.1 °C23 July 1986	1.5 °C13 February 1986	17.2 °C	889 mm	60	0
1985	38.8 °C5 August 1985	-0.9 °C17 January 1985	17.3 °C	816 mm	57	3
1984	37.8 °C10 July 1984	1.5 °C26 February 1984	16.3 °C	1,114 mm	33	0
1983	37.5 °C25 July 1983	0.6 °C12 February 1983	17.2 °C	407 mm	40	0
1982	37.6 °C6 July 1982	2.2 °C24 December 1982	17.0 °C	1,049 mm	47	0
1981	36.1 °C31 July 1981	0.1 °C13 January 1981	17.0 °C	655 mm	25	0
1980	38.9 °C2 August 1980	0.5 °C13 December 1980	16.3 °C	893 mm	35	0
1979	38.8 °C5 August 1979	2.6 °C23 December 1979	16.4 °C	961 mm	32	0
1978	35.9 °C18 July 1978	-0.2 °C14 January 1978	16.1 °C	866 mm	27	1
1977	34.6 °C16 August 1977	0.8 °C31 March 1977	16.7 °C	535 mm	10	0
1976	35.9 °C15 August 1976	-2.1 °C29 January 1976	15.9 °C	1,114 mm	23	1
1975	36.7 °C15 August 1975	1.2 °C7 January 1975	16.2 °C	999 mm	39	0
1974	35.4 °C14 July 1974	0.4 °C6 March 1974	16.4 °C	1,091 mm	35	0
1973	37.3 °C12 July 1973	1.6 °C15 March 1973	16.4 °C	1,092 mm	47	0
1972	36.6 °C13 August 1972	2.5 °C1 February 1972	16.0 °C	1,474 mm	17	0
1971	37.7 °C14 August 1971	-1.1 °C3 January 1971	16.4 °C	996 mm	46	1
1970	36.3 °C6 August 1970	1.5 °C28 February 1970	16.6 °C	815 mm	37	0
1969	37.4 °C13 August 1969	0.5 °C7 February 1969	16.3 °C	1,327 mm	14	0
1968	37.4 °C9 July 1968	2.4 °C5 February 1968	16.9 °C	704 mm	27	0
1967	37.6 °C16 August 1967	1.3 °C16 March 1967	16.8 °C	903 mm	38	0
1966	34.4 °C12 August 1966	2.5 °C19 March 1966	16.6 °C	937 mm	20	0
1965	36.0 °C31 July 1965	-0.6 °C11 February 1965	16.6 °C	867 mm	28	2
1964	35.9 °C21 August 1964	1.3 °C26 January 1964	16.6 °C	687 mm	37	0
1963	37.3 °C14 August 1963	-0.3 °C30 January 1963	16.1 °C	847 mm	32	1
1962	33.8 °C11 September 1962	2.3 °C1 February 1962	16.2 °C	860 mm	34	0
1961	37.3 °C27 July 1961	2.6 °C11 February 1961	17.2 °C	492 mm	36	0
1960	36.6 °C27 August 1960	-0.1 °C19 January 1960	16.6 °C	828 mm	25	1
1959	35.0 °C22 September 1959	0.9 °C18 January 1959	16.5 °C	950 mm	19	0
1958	38.1 °C28 August 1958	0.9 °C27 February 1958	17.1 °C	831 mm	46	0
1957	36.3 °C8 August 1957	-0.5 °C18 January 1957	16.3 °C	1,064 mm	27	3
1956	38.7 °C20 August 1956	-4.3 °C4 February 1956	15.5 °C	790 mm	43	9
1955	36.7 °C25 July 1955	0.8 °C11 March 1955	16.9 °C	838 mm	45	0
1954	38.5 °C20 August 1954	-3.1 °C3 February 1954	15.9 °C	884 mm	35	6
1953	36.0 °C25 July 1953	0.4 °C18 January 1953	16.0 °C	745 mm	35	0
1952	37.5 °C17 June 1952	1.1 °C18 February 1952	17.0 °C	841 mm	56	0
1951	36.7 °C6 August 1951	1.9 °C3 February 1951	16.4 °C	863 mm	49	0
1950	39.6 °C4 July 1950	0.2 °C30 December 1950	16.9 °C	749 mm	60	0
1949	36.4 °C11 July 1949	-1.7 °C5 February 1949	16.6 °C	773 mm	54	3
1948	36.5 °C17 August 1948	2.4 °C2 January 1948	16.5 °C	572 mm	39	0
1947	36.2 °C20 August 1947	1.0 °C4 January 1947	17.5 °C	781 mm	71	0
1946	35.8 °C12 August 1946	1.8 °C26 January 1946	16.8 °C	900 mm	59	0
1945	38.3 °C8 September 1945	-3.7 °C4 January 1945	17.3 °C	484 mm	74	4
1944	37.5 °C31 August 1944	-0.4 °C3 February 1944	16.1 °C	649 mm	60	1
1943	36.2 °C2 August 1943	1.7 °C2 January 1943	16.5 °C	804 mm	52	0
1942	36.7 °C18 July 1942	-4.1 °C13 January 1942	16.6 °C	786 mm	56	6
1941	37.6 °C16 August 1941	0.0 °C5 February 1941	16.0 °C	678 mm	49	0
1940	38.8 °C26 July 1940	-1.7 °C30 December 1940	16.0 °C	827 mm	43	6

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

732 mm

-65 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.9 °C	+2.1 °C	175 mm	+62 mm
Feb	16.6 °C	+2.1 °C	54 mm	-43 mm
Mar	18.2 °C	+1.8 °C	72 mm	-21 mm
Apr	20.9 °C	+2.4 °C	79 mm	-6 mm
May	23.2 °C	+1.3 °C	66 mm	+12 mm
Jun	30.6 °C	+4.2 °C	0 mm	-15 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+1.0 °C	7 mm	+4 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+1.3 °C	56 mm	+17 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+2.0 °C	39 mm	-33 mm
Nov	19.5 °C	+1.2 °C	109 mm	+12 mm
Dec	16.0 °C	+1.2 °C	75 mm	-47 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

26 Aug 2025

Coldest day

5.1 °C

10 Feb 2025

Wettest day

56.1 mm

18 Jan 2025

Windiest day

30.5 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

16 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

14 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

10 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

14 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makouda?

Makouda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 797 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makouda?

The hottest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 43.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makouda?

The coldest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -5.0 °C.

Does it snow in Makouda?

Yes. Makouda gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Makouda warmed?

Yes: Makouda warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makouda?

The wettest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makouda?

The windiest day measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, with winds reaching 46.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makouda?

The warmest month in Makouda is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Makouda?

Makouda receives on average 797 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makouda?

Makouda 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 Makouda?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Makouda between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 11.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Makouda?

Yes: Makouda has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makouda?

In Makouda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 11 July 2023, and the lowest was -9.1 °C on 27 January 2005.

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