Sidi Bel Abbes climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2001, reaching 45.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1967, at -6.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Yes. Sidi Bel Abbes gets on average 2.4 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Sidi Bel Abbes warmed?

Yes: Sidi Bel Abbes warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2012, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The warmest month in Sidi Bel Abbes is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes receives on average 440 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sidi Bel Abbes (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 440 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sidi Bel Abbes averages 2 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Sidi Bel Abbes has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 31 July 2001) and the coldest -6.2 °C (on 15 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

Sidi Bel AbbesSidi Bel Abbès Province

coords: 35.19°, -0.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.4°C

Average daily high

23.0°C

Average daily low

12.4°C

Annual rainfall

440mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

17.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.4 cm

Average feels-like high

22.4 °C

Average feels-like low

11.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

46 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

45.4 °C

31 July 2001

Coldest day

-6.2 °C

15 December 1967

Wettest day

118 mm

13 November 2012

Windiest day

47.6 km/h

1 December 1959

Strongest gust

122.0 km/h

1 December 1959

Hottest feels-like

46.8 °C

10 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-10.9 °C

2 February 1954

Snowiest day

28.7 cm

11 December 1967

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.4 °C18 August 2025	1.1 °C28 November 2025	19.5 °C	344 mm	117	0
2024	40.6 °C4 July 2024	2.0 °C24 December 2024	19.7 °C	267 mm	97	0
2023	44.6 °C10 July 2023	-1.3 °C24 January 2023	19.4 °C	253 mm	103	1
2022	43.4 °C13 August 2022	-0.1 °C16 January 2022	19.4 °C	365 mm	120	1
2021	43.1 °C11 August 2021	1.1 °C17 January 2021	18.8 °C	259 mm	97	0
2020	41.2 °C8 July 2020	-0.7 °C27 December 2020	18.8 °C	297 mm	101	2
2019	42.7 °C6 July 2019	-2.2 °C12 January 2019	18.1 °C	385 mm	93	4
2018	39.1 °C27 August 2018	1.0 °C31 December 2018	17.7 °C	574 mm	92	0
2017	43.0 °C12 July 2017	-0.7 °C1 January 2017	18.7 °C	313 mm	105	2
2016	40.2 °C31 July 2016	0.5 °C17 January 2016	18.5 °C	437 mm	103	0
2015	39.7 °C28 July 2015	-0.5 °C2 January 2015	18.5 °C	361 mm	96	1
2014	40.3 °C17 July 2014	0.2 °C31 December 2014	18.4 °C	475 mm	96	0
2013	38.9 °C2 August 2013	-1.2 °C4 February 2013	17.4 °C	616 mm	77	2
2012	44.3 °C17 August 2012	-1.5 °C14 February 2012	18.1 °C	526 mm	118	6
2011	41.8 °C1 August 2011	0.2 °C4 February 2011	18.4 °C	425 mm	101	0
2010	42.2 °C8 July 2010	-1.1 °C17 December 2010	18.5 °C	480 mm	94	2
2009	43.2 °C22 July 2009	0.7 °C10 January 2009	18.5 °C	466 mm	102	0
2008	37.9 °C4 September 2008	0.5 °C7 March 2008	17.9 °C	450 mm	88	0
2007	41.0 °C26 August 2007	-0.2 °C16 December 2007	17.5 °C	413 mm	82	1
2006	39.0 °C19 July 2006	1.4 °C5 January 2006	18.6 °C	358 mm	106	0
2005	40.8 °C9 August 2005	-3.9 °C27 January 2005	17.5 °C	196 mm	98	16
2004	42.4 °C24 August 2004	-1.1 °C28 December 2004	17.8 °C	428 mm	101	3
2003	40.9 °C20 July 2003	-0.9 °C24 December 2003	18.2 °C	510 mm	101	3
2002	38.9 °C26 June 2002	0.9 °C13 January 2002	18.0 °C	318 mm	84	0
2001	45.4 °C31 July 2001	2.6 °C21 January 2001	18.6 °C	373 mm	102	0
2000	40.6 °C20 August 2000	-0.5 °C1 January 2000	18.0 °C	227 mm	89	1
1999	41.8 °C25 August 1999	-1.5 °C1 February 1999	18.2 °C	422 mm	100	3
1998	39.7 °C26 August 1998	0.3 °C1 December 1998	17.8 °C	217 mm	87	0
1997	35.9 °C26 July 1997	3.1 °C7 December 1997	18.2 °C	404 mm	63	0
1996	39.6 °C23 July 1996	0.2 °C23 February 1996	17.4 °C	474 mm	53	0
1995	38.3 °C20 July 1995	0.0 °C15 January 1995	18.1 °C	339 mm	60	0
1994	41.3 °C5 July 1994	0.4 °C25 December 1994	18.3 °C	338 mm	91	0
1993	40.9 °C20 August 1993	-0.7 °C8 January 1993	17.1 °C	349 mm	65	2
1992	39.1 °C25 August 1992	0.9 °C1 January 1992	16.8 °C	437 mm	69	0
1991	40.5 °C25 August 1991	-1.3 °C15 January 1991	17.0 °C	419 mm	81	3
1990	37.7 °C24 July 1990	2.3 °C11 January 1990	18.1 °C	369 mm	101	0
1989	42.3 °C10 August 1989	-2.5 °C4 January 1989	18.3 °C	335 mm	77	2
1988	42.6 °C2 August 1988	-1.4 °C27 February 1988	17.7 °C	247 mm	71	1
1987	40.0 °C11 August 1987	-1.5 °C20 January 1987	17.8 °C	381 mm	76	2
1986	39.3 °C22 August 1986	-0.1 °C12 December 1986	17.1 °C	503 mm	79	1
1985	37.9 °C5 August 1985	-2.3 °C15 January 1985	17.4 °C	402 mm	83	3
1984	41.2 °C9 July 1984	-1.9 °C11 January 1984	16.4 °C	508 mm	54	5
1983	38.0 °C29 July 1983	-0.9 °C3 January 1983	17.5 °C	200 mm	67	1
1982	37.9 °C7 July 1982	0.5 °C30 December 1982	17.1 °C	452 mm	63	0
1981	38.7 °C30 July 1981	-2.2 °C2 February 1981	17.1 °C	318 mm	61	8
1980	40.7 °C20 August 1980	-1.1 °C16 March 1980	17.0 °C	545 mm	77	4
1979	40.3 °C10 July 1979	0.0 °C17 February 1979	16.7 °C	537 mm	56	0
1978	42.4 °C17 July 1978	-3.2 °C14 January 1978	16.8 °C	513 mm	69	2
1977	34.9 °C26 June 1977	0.2 °C7 January 1977	17.2 °C	391 mm	41	0
1976	39.1 °C15 August 1976	-1.4 °C27 January 1976	16.4 °C	606 mm	54	2
1975	40.9 °C14 July 1975	-0.7 °C5 January 1975	16.5 °C	601 mm	69	2
1974	38.6 °C7 August 1974	0.2 °C7 December 1974	16.4 °C	493 mm	81	0
1973	39.3 °C15 September 1973	-2.1 °C24 January 1973	16.4 °C	707 mm	74	2
1972	37.0 °C23 July 1972	1.1 °C20 December 1972	16.1 °C	783 mm	46	0
1971	39.8 °C16 August 1971	-0.6 °C8 February 1971	16.4 °C	779 mm	66	2
1970	39.7 °C7 August 1970	-0.5 °C17 February 1970	17.3 °C	323 mm	81	1
1969	40.1 °C14 August 1969	-1.4 °C5 February 1969	16.8 °C	607 mm	57	3
1968	41.3 °C9 July 1968	1.4 °C23 January 1968	17.4 °C	549 mm	80	0
1967	41.2 °C19 July 1967	-6.2 °C15 December 1967	17.2 °C	582 mm	77	6
1966	39.9 °C11 July 1966	-1.0 °C26 December 1966	17.2 °C	390 mm	82	3
1965	38.7 °C30 July 1965	-1.3 °C12 February 1965	17.2 °C	476 mm	67	2
1964	39.2 °C25 July 1964	-1.2 °C9 February 1964	17.1 °C	480 mm	107	7
1963	38.1 °C10 August 1963	-1.2 °C29 January 1963	16.6 °C	573 mm	66	5
1962	39.8 °C14 August 1962	-0.6 °C1 February 1962	17.0 °C	557 mm	87	1
1961	39.3 °C11 July 1961	0.5 °C21 December 1961	17.8 °C	267 mm	86	0
1960	39.1 °C27 July 1960	0.1 °C17 January 1960	17.2 °C	446 mm	72	0
1959	40.9 °C13 July 1959	0.5 °C6 January 1959	16.9 °C	500 mm	66	0
1958	39.2 °C17 August 1958	1.2 °C4 March 1958	17.2 °C	476 mm	76	0
1957	39.2 °C5 August 1957	-0.7 °C19 January 1957	16.5 °C	464 mm	79	3
1956	40.9 °C7 August 1956	-2.9 °C4 February 1956	16.0 °C	484 mm	76	14
1955	41.5 °C16 July 1955	0.5 °C11 March 1955	17.7 °C	483 mm	95	0
1954	40.6 °C20 August 1954	-5.8 °C2 February 1954	16.3 °C	642 mm	81	10
1953	39.7 °C1 August 1953	-2.1 °C10 January 1953	16.6 °C	389 mm	86	14
1952	41.1 °C28 August 1952	-1.3 °C5 January 1952	16.9 °C	422 mm	72	6
1951	38.5 °C6 August 1951	-0.9 °C27 February 1951	16.5 °C	545 mm	73	1
1950	39.7 °C20 August 1950	-1.1 °C3 March 1950	16.9 °C	623 mm	77	2
1949	40.5 °C11 July 1949	-1.0 °C6 February 1949	16.8 °C	472 mm	88	3
1948	39.6 °C17 August 1948	2.5 °C18 December 1948	16.8 °C	564 mm	75	0
1947	40.7 °C20 August 1947	0.4 °C14 December 1947	17.8 °C	502 mm	101	0
1946	40.7 °C25 July 1946	0.7 °C16 December 1946	16.9 °C	538 mm	99	0
1945	43.1 °C7 September 1945	-1.5 °C3 January 1945	18.0 °C	304 mm	115	5
1944	43.5 °C1 August 1944	-3.6 °C21 February 1944	16.6 °C	226 mm	91	9
1943	39.5 °C16 July 1943	-0.2 °C9 February 1943	16.9 °C	483 mm	108	1
1942	40.1 °C31 July 1942	-0.7 °C15 February 1942	17.1 °C	550 mm	97	3
1941	39.9 °C24 August 1941	-1.5 °C7 January 1941	16.7 °C	377 mm	94	4
1940	40.2 °C25 July 1940	-2.8 °C26 December 1940	16.5 °C	379 mm	81	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

117 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

344 mm

-96 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.5 °C	+1.9 °C	42 mm	-17 mm
Feb	17.9 °C	+2.1 °C	45 mm	-10 mm
Mar	19.6 °C	+1.5 °C	57 mm	+1 mm
Apr	23.4 °C	+3.0 °C	26 mm	-26 mm
May	26.3 °C	+2.1 °C	60 mm	+25 mm
Jun	34.4 °C	+5.6 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Jul	34.4 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	35.3 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	-6 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+3.3 °C	7 mm	-29 mm
Nov	20.5 °C	+1.5 °C	15 mm	-37 mm
Dec	15.5 °C	+0.1 °C	78 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.4 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest day

1.1 °C

28 Nov 2025

Wettest day

30.2 mm

14 May 2025

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2001, reaching 45.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1967, at -6.2 °C.

Does it snow in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Yes. Sidi Bel Abbes gets on average 2.4 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Has the climate of Sidi Bel Abbes warmed?

Yes: Sidi Bel Abbes warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2012, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The warmest month in Sidi Bel Abbes is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes receives on average 440 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sidi Bel Abbes?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sidi Bel Abbes between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with 28.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sidi Bel Abbes?

Yes: Sidi Bel Abbes has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidi Bel Abbes?

In Sidi Bel Abbes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 2 February 1954.

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