Souk Ahras climate — normals and trends
Souk Ahras (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 577 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Souk Ahras averages 11 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Souk Ahras has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest -12.1 °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
Souk AhrasSouk Ahras Province
- coords
- 36.29°, 7.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
577mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
65 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
43.1 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
-12.1 °C
2 February 1999
Wettest day
77 mm
15 April 1979
Windiest day
40.7 km/h
9 February 1984
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
21 January 1981
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
8 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-16.2 °C
2 February 1999
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
31 December 2014
Sunniest day
13.8 h
24 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 71 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 14.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 39 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 53 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 90 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 88 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 7 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 78 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 23.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 33 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 17.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 26 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Souk Ahras?
Souk Ahras has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 577 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Souk Ahras?
The hottest day measured in Souk Ahras between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Souk Ahras?
The coldest day measured in Souk Ahras between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -12.1 °C.
Does it snow in Souk Ahras?
Yes. Souk Ahras gets on average 8.7 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Souk Ahras warmed?
Yes: Souk Ahras warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Souk Ahras?
The wettest day measured in Souk Ahras between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1979, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Souk Ahras?
The windiest day measured in Souk Ahras between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1984, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Souk Ahras?
The warmest month in Souk Ahras is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Souk Ahras?
Souk Ahras receives on average 577 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Souk Ahras?
Souk Ahras gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Souk Ahras?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Souk Ahras between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2014, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Souk Ahras?
Yes: Souk Ahras has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Souk Ahras?
In Souk Ahras, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 8 July 2023, and the lowest was -16.2 °C on 2 February 1999.
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