Sidi Amrane climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 76 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Amrane?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2019, reaching 50.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidi Amrane?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sidi Amrane?

Almost never: Sidi Amrane sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Sidi Amrane warmed?

Yes: Sidi Amrane warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidi Amrane?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1973, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidi Amrane?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1956, with winds reaching 61.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidi Amrane?

The warmest month in Sidi Amrane is July (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane receives on average 76 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sidi Amrane (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 76 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 (33.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Sidi Amrane averages 2 frost days, 158 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.

Sidi Amrane has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 50.3 °C (on 14 July 2019) and the coldest -4.7 °C (on 31 December 1940).

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

Sidi AmraneEl Mghair

coords: 33.50°, 6.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

76mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

43%

Average peak wind

19.5km/h

Seasonal range

23.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

14 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.2 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

50.3 °C

14 July 2019

Coldest day

-4.7 °C

31 December 1940

Wettest day

65 mm

12 December 1973

Windiest day

61.8 km/h

23 March 1956

Strongest gust

98.6 km/h

23 March 1956

Hottest feels-like

49.4 °C

30 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-9.1 °C

31 December 1940

Sunniest day

13.4 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	46.8 °C22 July 2025	2.8 °C30 November 2025	23.6 °C	64 mm	176	0
2024	49.8 °C10 July 2024	2.1 °C19 December 2024	24.3 °C	99 mm	174	0
2023	50.0 °C29 July 2023	-1.0 °C24 January 2023	23.8 °C	23 mm	193	2
2022	48.8 °C2 July 2022	-0.6 °C20 January 2022	23.9 °C	34 mm	175	4
2021	50.0 °C4 July 2021	-0.1 °C4 January 2021	24.2 °C	22 mm	173	1
2020	47.6 °C2 July 2020	0.1 °C4 January 2020	23.5 °C	39 mm	171	0
2019	50.3 °C14 July 2019	2.1 °C14 February 2019	23.4 °C	54 mm	171	0
2018	49.6 °C21 July 2018	0.6 °C5 February 2018	23.2 °C	56 mm	165	0
2017	48.6 °C13 July 2017	1.4 °C4 January 2017	23.1 °C	77 mm	176	0
2016	47.5 °C15 June 2016	2.4 °C18 January 2016	23.7 °C	58 mm	190	0
2015	46.6 °C2 August 2015	0.6 °C8 January 2015	23.0 °C	31 mm	175	0
2014	48.5 °C26 July 2014	2.4 °C25 December 2014	23.7 °C	49 mm	178	0
2013	46.7 °C21 July 2013	1.4 °C9 January 2013	23.2 °C	77 mm	194	0
2012	48.6 °C13 July 2012	0.1 °C21 January 2012	23.3 °C	31 mm	184	0
2011	49.1 °C8 August 2011	0.5 °C7 February 2011	22.8 °C	68 mm	158	0
2010	48.7 °C15 July 2010	0.4 °C31 December 2010	23.4 °C	50 mm	167	0
2009	48.6 °C16 August 2009	3.2 °C17 February 2009	22.7 °C	167 mm	148	0
2008	48.9 °C12 July 2008	0.3 °C10 February 2008	23.0 °C	64 mm	173	0
2007	47.7 °C19 June 2007	-0.8 °C19 December 2007	22.8 °C	69 mm	158	2
2006	48.1 °C28 June 2006	-0.6 °C7 January 2006	23.0 °C	131 mm	188	3
2005	48.3 °C25 July 2005	-0.4 °C18 January 2005	22.8 °C	41 mm	184	1
2004	48.2 °C13 August 2004	0.1 °C8 January 2004	22.6 °C	134 mm	159	0
2003	47.4 °C30 August 2003	1.9 °C4 December 2003	23.2 °C	76 mm	178	0
2002	46.8 °C1 July 2002	-0.9 °C7 January 2002	23.1 °C	47 mm	169	1
2001	48.3 °C16 July 2001	0.9 °C11 January 2001	23.7 °C	41 mm	186	0
2000	46.3 °C18 July 2000	0.3 °C6 January 2000	22.5 °C	16 mm	162	0
1999	47.3 °C6 August 1999	0.6 °C2 February 1999	23.6 °C	120 mm	179	0
1998	46.5 °C20 August 1998	1.6 °C24 December 1998	22.4 °C	29 mm	157	0
1997	48.6 °C14 June 1997	2.2 °C30 December 1997	22.8 °C	91 mm	159	0
1996	47.8 °C7 July 1996	2.5 °C28 December 1996	22.0 °C	102 mm	153	0
1995	46.6 °C25 June 1995	3.4 °C17 January 1995	22.4 °C	100 mm	136	0
1994	45.8 °C18 August 1994	0.6 °C29 December 1994	23.0 °C	52 mm	157	0
1993	47.1 °C4 July 1993	2.1 °C2 January 1993	22.1 °C	48 mm	161	0
1992	44.7 °C29 August 1992	0.5 °C2 January 1992	21.4 °C	94 mm	157	0
1991	46.3 °C25 July 1991	1.0 °C31 December 1991	21.5 °C	37 mm	146	0
1990	43.5 °C20 June 1990	2.0 °C16 December 1990	22.4 °C	127 mm	159	0
1989	45.7 °C8 August 1989	0.5 °C4 January 1989	22.5 °C	22 mm	153	0
1988	47.0 °C5 July 1988	0.5 °C28 December 1988	22.8 °C	45 mm	166	0
1987	46.7 °C14 June 1987	0.7 °C1 January 1987	22.6 °C	71 mm	168	0
1986	44.6 °C29 August 1986	2.0 °C31 December 1986	22.1 °C	65 mm	155	0
1985	45.6 °C17 June 1985	0.1 °C10 January 1985	22.2 °C	83 mm	154	0
1984	44.4 °C13 August 1984	1.9 °C19 January 1984	21.2 °C	73 mm	144	0
1983	46.8 °C8 August 1983	-2.1 °C25 January 1983	22.2 °C	36 mm	168	2
1982	46.6 °C22 July 1982	1.9 °C30 December 1982	21.9 °C	130 mm	153	0
1981	46.5 °C2 July 1981	1.0 °C30 January 1981	22.3 °C	18 mm	176	0
1980	47.0 °C9 July 1980	-3.0 °C15 December 1980	21.2 °C	87 mm	142	3
1979	46.4 °C6 August 1979	2.3 °C1 December 1979	21.6 °C	75 mm	148	0
1978	45.8 °C7 August 1978	-0.7 °C9 January 1978	21.4 °C	75 mm	140	4
1977	48.6 °C14 July 1977	2.7 °C20 December 1977	22.0 °C	117 mm	147	0
1976	45.6 °C23 July 1976	-0.5 °C29 January 1976	20.6 °C	162 mm	140	1
1975	47.2 °C11 July 1975	0.1 °C10 January 1975	20.9 °C	149 mm	147	0
1974	45.6 °C26 June 1974	0.8 °C26 January 1974	21.0 °C	64 mm	145	0
1973	46.9 °C16 July 1973	1.8 °C2 March 1973	21.8 °C	165 mm	168	0
1972	47.1 °C28 July 1972	1.4 °C25 December 1972	21.1 °C	150 mm	133	0
1971	46.8 °C4 July 1971	-0.2 °C3 January 1971	21.3 °C	77 mm	147	1
1970	45.7 °C9 August 1970	-0.4 °C18 February 1970	21.5 °C	71 mm	158	1
1969	44.5 °C16 August 1969	1.1 °C7 February 1969	21.2 °C	246 mm	136	0
1968	46.2 °C6 August 1968	1.8 °C17 January 1968	21.9 °C	39 mm	146	0
1967	44.9 °C12 August 1967	-1.6 °C18 January 1967	21.5 °C	53 mm	146	2
1966	45.8 °C12 July 1966	0.7 °C27 December 1966	21.9 °C	60 mm	145	0
1965	45.8 °C1 August 1965	1.2 °C2 January 1965	21.5 °C	67 mm	142	0
1964	45.2 °C18 August 1964	0.3 °C14 January 1964	20.9 °C	128 mm	158	0
1963	43.6 °C3 July 1963	-1.1 °C26 January 1963	21.0 °C	83 mm	124	1
1962	45.5 °C13 July 1962	-0.8 °C17 December 1962	21.1 °C	99 mm	148	1
1961	44.9 °C2 August 1961	1.0 °C17 December 1961	21.5 °C	65 mm	151	0
1960	46.5 °C18 August 1960	-0.1 °C20 January 1960	21.6 °C	45 mm	150	1
1959	44.1 °C31 July 1959	-0.5 °C20 January 1959	21.3 °C	36 mm	140	1
1958	44.9 °C8 July 1958	1.3 °C25 January 1958	21.4 °C	122 mm	150	0
1957	43.6 °C19 July 1957	-2.8 °C19 January 1957	20.6 °C	122 mm	138	8
1956	45.2 °C21 July 1956	-1.6 °C12 December 1956	19.8 °C	52 mm	144	11
1955	46.7 °C2 August 1955	1.3 °C1 January 1955	21.6 °C	62 mm	145	0
1954	46.6 °C30 June 1954	-2.5 °C14 January 1954	20.3 °C	26 mm	138	4
1953	42.9 °C16 July 1953	-3.3 °C18 January 1953	20.2 °C	77 mm	151	5
1952	45.5 °C18 June 1952	-3.4 °C11 January 1952	21.8 °C	78 mm	160	5
1951	44.0 °C20 July 1951	-1.1 °C15 December 1951	20.7 °C	62 mm	151	3
1950	45.0 °C9 July 1950	0.4 °C19 December 1950	21.1 °C	49 mm	153	0
1949	45.2 °C18 July 1949	-2.5 °C8 February 1949	20.6 °C	97 mm	143	6
1948	43.6 °C9 August 1948	-0.1 °C22 December 1948	20.8 °C	48 mm	145	1
1947	43.5 °C10 July 1947	-1.4 °C26 December 1947	21.9 °C	37 mm	156	6
1946	44.3 °C11 August 1946	-0.2 °C23 December 1946	21.4 °C	15 mm	168	1
1945	47.3 °C8 August 1945	-1.5 °C17 December 1945	21.0 °C	37 mm	151	8
1944	45.8 °C9 August 1944	-2.9 °C11 January 1944	20.2 °C	45 mm	152	8
1943	44.9 °C27 July 1943	-0.3 °C29 January 1943	19.9 °C	420 mm	145	1
1942	44.9 °C13 July 1942	-4.6 °C5 January 1942	20.8 °C	45 mm	158	12
1941	45.9 °C16 July 1941	-4.7 °C6 January 1941	20.4 °C	39 mm	143	24
1940	45.3 °C16 July 1940	-4.7 °C31 December 1940	20.3 °C	31 mm	154	13

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.5 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

176 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

64 mm

-12 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.6 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Feb	20.0 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Mar	25.4 °C	+2.8 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	+1.6 °C	6 mm	-3 mm
May	33.0 °C	+0.9 °C	10 mm	+7 mm
Jun	39.0 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	42.0 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	40.6 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Sep	35.8 °C	+1.1 °C	6 mm	-1 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Nov	22.8 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Dec	17.5 °C	+0.7 °C	29 mm	+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.8 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.8 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

9.6 mm

24 May 2025

Windiest day

43.6 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

20 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.4 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

8 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 76 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Amrane?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2019, reaching 50.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sidi Amrane?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.7 °C.

Does it snow in Sidi Amrane?

Almost never: Sidi Amrane sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Sidi Amrane warmed?

Yes: Sidi Amrane warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sidi Amrane?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1973, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sidi Amrane?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Amrane between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1956, with winds reaching 61.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sidi Amrane?

The warmest month in Sidi Amrane is July (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane receives on average 76 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sidi Amrane?

Sidi Amrane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sidi Amrane?

Yes: Sidi Amrane has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidi Amrane?

In Sidi Amrane, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.4 °C on 30 July 2023, and the lowest was -9.1 °C on 31 December 1940.

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