Mecheria climate — normals and trends
Mecheria (Algeria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 184 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Mecheria averages 36 frost days, 98 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Mecheria has warmed by +2.8 °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 47 to 25 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 28 July 2023) and the coldest -10.2 °C (on 14 December 1967).
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
MecheriaNaama Province
- coords
- 33.54°, -0.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
184mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
98 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
43 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
41.2 °C
28 July 2023
Coldest day
-10.2 °C
14 December 1967
Wettest day
43 mm
9 October 1966
Windiest day
59.8 km/h
28 April 2012
Strongest gust
115.9 km/h
30 November 2010
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
16 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-16.3 °C
2 February 1954
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
20 January 2017
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 14.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 8 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 26.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 34.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 36.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 4 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 34.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 25.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 11.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 55 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mecheria?
Mecheria has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 184 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mecheria?
The hottest day measured in Mecheria between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2023, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mecheria?
The coldest day measured in Mecheria between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1967, at -10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Mecheria?
Yes. Mecheria gets on average 7.7 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Mecheria warmed?
Yes: Mecheria warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mecheria?
The wettest day measured in Mecheria between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1966, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mecheria?
The windiest day measured in Mecheria between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 2012, with winds reaching 59.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mecheria?
The warmest month in Mecheria is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Mecheria?
Mecheria receives on average 184 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mecheria?
Mecheria gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mecheria?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mecheria between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2017, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mecheria?
Yes: Mecheria has on average 43 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mecheria?
In Mecheria, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 16 July 2012, and the lowest was -16.3 °C on 2 February 1954.
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