Oum el Bouaghi climate — normals and trends
Oum el Bouaghi (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 400 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Oum el Bouaghi averages 8 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Oum el Bouaghi has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -9.0 °C (on 2 February 1999).
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
Oum el BouaghiOum el Bouaghi Province
- coords
- 35.88°, 7.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
400mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
42.5 °C
29 July 2023
Coldest day
-9.0 °C
2 February 1999
Wettest day
57 mm
25 October 1957
Windiest day
38.3 km/h
23 November 1997
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
19 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
29 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-13.0 °C
2 February 1999
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
14 January 1995
Sunniest day
13.8 h
30 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 58 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 14.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 35 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 72 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 2 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 14 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 45 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 27 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oum el Bouaghi?
Oum el Bouaghi has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oum el Bouaghi?
The hottest day measured in Oum el Bouaghi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oum el Bouaghi?
The coldest day measured in Oum el Bouaghi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -9.0 °C.
Does it snow in Oum el Bouaghi?
Yes. Oum el Bouaghi gets on average 12.9 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Oum el Bouaghi warmed?
Yes: Oum el Bouaghi warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oum el Bouaghi?
The wettest day measured in Oum el Bouaghi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1957, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oum el Bouaghi?
The windiest day measured in Oum el Bouaghi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1997, with winds reaching 38.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oum el Bouaghi?
The warmest month in Oum el Bouaghi is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Oum el Bouaghi?
Oum el Bouaghi receives on average 400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oum el Bouaghi?
Oum el Bouaghi gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oum el Bouaghi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oum el Bouaghi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1995, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oum el Bouaghi?
Yes: Oum el Bouaghi has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oum el Bouaghi?
In Oum el Bouaghi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 29 July 2005, and the lowest was -13.0 °C on 2 February 1999.
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