Tindouf climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tindouf?

Tindouf has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tindouf?

The hottest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2023, reaching 47.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tindouf?

The coldest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tindouf?

Almost never: Tindouf sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Tindouf warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Tindouf?

The wettest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2003, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tindouf?

The windiest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2007, with winds reaching 61.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tindouf?

The warmest month in Tindouf is July (33.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tindouf?

Tindouf receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tindouf?

Tindouf gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tindouf (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 31 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 (33.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Tindouf averages 0 frost days, 177 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 6 rainy days per year.

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

The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 12 July 2023) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 20 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

TindoufTindouf Province

coords: 27.67°, -8.15°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

31mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

36%

Average peak wind

24.7km/h

Seasonal range

20.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

6 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.7 °C

Average feels-like low

12.4 °C

Average peak gust

39.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

103 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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

47.1 °C

12 July 2023

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

20 December 1940

Wettest day

46 mm

22 October 2003

Windiest day

61.9 km/h

20 February 2007

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

12 December 1957

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

1 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-7.3 °C

20 December 1940

Sunniest day

13.0 h

29 June 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	46.0 °C29 July 2025	3.4 °C16 January 2025	24.6 °C	21 mm	207	0
2024	47.1 °C15 July 2024	5.0 °C19 December 2024	24.6 °C	56 mm	213	0
2023	47.1 °C12 July 2023	4.6 °C29 January 2023	24.8 °C	43 mm	221	0
2022	45.8 °C26 July 2022	5.2 °C16 January 2022	25.0 °C	11 mm	206	0
2021	47.0 °C18 July 2021	2.0 °C15 January 2021	24.3 °C	16 mm	196	0
2020	45.8 °C7 July 2020	2.6 °C5 January 2020	24.7 °C	6 mm	195	0
2019	44.5 °C6 July 2019	2.9 °C11 January 2019	23.9 °C	8 mm	196	0
2018	46.1 °C25 July 2018	2.4 °C30 January 2018	22.8 °C	66 mm	164	0
2017	46.1 °C28 July 2017	2.3 °C4 January 2017	24.6 °C	7 mm	221	0
2016	46.1 °C15 July 2016	5.6 °C31 December 2016	23.9 °C	27 mm	181	0
2015	45.0 °C29 July 2015	3.2 °C1 January 2015	23.4 °C	63 mm	189	0
2014	44.8 °C30 June 2014	2.2 °C1 January 2014	23.9 °C	49 mm	208	0
2013	45.3 °C17 July 2013	2.6 °C1 January 2013	23.7 °C	12 mm	200	0
2012	45.9 °C16 July 2012	1.7 °C6 February 2012	23.8 °C	13 mm	189	0
2011	45.7 °C30 July 2011	3.2 °C7 February 2011	24.0 °C	12 mm	191	0
2010	45.2 °C17 July 2010	4.0 °C30 December 2010	24.6 °C	20 mm	196	0
2009	45.8 °C31 July 2009	3.8 °C13 January 2009	24.1 °C	36 mm	200	0
2008	45.4 °C9 July 2008	3.2 °C17 December 2008	23.5 °C	28 mm	181	0
2007	45.0 °C12 July 2007	4.3 °C30 December 2007	23.3 °C	4 mm	178	0
2006	45.2 °C9 July 2006	3.1 °C19 January 2006	23.7 °C	57 mm	214	0
2005	45.5 °C15 July 2005	-1.6 °C29 January 2005	23.5 °C	52 mm	214	3
2004	43.8 °C27 July 2004	2.4 °C29 December 2004	23.0 °C	7 mm	174	0
2003	45.3 °C29 July 2003	2.4 °C18 January 2003	24.0 °C	79 mm	188	0
2002	45.1 °C24 July 2002	4.2 °C22 January 2002	23.2 °C	40 mm	186	0
2001	45.1 °C25 July 2001	5.1 °C24 January 2001	24.4 °C	6 mm	215	0
2000	46.5 °C21 July 2000	0.2 °C10 January 2000	23.4 °C	7 mm	162	0
1999	46.3 °C2 July 1999	1.4 °C18 December 1999	23.3 °C	37 mm	195	0
1998	46.7 °C16 July 1998	4.3 °C11 December 1998	23.5 °C	22 mm	186	0
1997	44.3 °C27 July 1997	5.0 °C21 January 1997	22.7 °C	9 mm	180	0
1996	44.0 °C7 July 1996	4.6 °C10 December 1996	22.9 °C	44 mm	180	0
1995	44.8 °C19 July 1995	2.7 °C10 January 1995	22.9 °C	6 mm	182	0
1994	45.1 °C12 July 1994	3.3 °C26 January 1994	23.2 °C	50 mm	165	0
1993	44.4 °C18 July 1993	1.8 °C7 January 1993	21.3 °C	51 mm	155	0
1992	44.1 °C15 July 1992	1.5 °C1 January 1992	21.9 °C	13 mm	158	0
1991	45.4 °C3 August 1991	3.1 °C14 January 1991	22.3 °C	58 mm	152	0
1990	45.0 °C16 August 1990	3.3 °C14 January 1990	23.6 °C	12 mm	173	0
1989	43.9 °C20 July 1989	1.2 °C6 January 1989	22.9 °C	61 mm	176	0
1988	46.1 °C15 July 1988	3.2 °C27 December 1988	22.7 °C	36 mm	183	0
1987	45.9 °C27 July 1987	0.7 °C1 January 1987	23.5 °C	55 mm	192	0
1986	44.7 °C20 July 1986	0.9 °C26 December 1986	22.3 °C	18 mm	147	0
1985	44.4 °C7 July 1985	3.5 °C17 January 1985	23.2 °C	15 mm	174	0
1984	43.9 °C14 June 1984	3.5 °C13 January 1984	22.6 °C	13 mm	168	0
1983	45.8 °C14 July 1983	2.9 °C29 January 1983	23.4 °C	13 mm	194	0
1982	44.7 °C25 July 1982	2.5 °C24 December 1982	22.3 °C	10 mm	159	0
1981	45.0 °C20 July 1981	-0.5 °C16 January 1981	23.1 °C	10 mm	177	1
1980	45.0 °C23 July 1980	2.9 °C4 December 1980	22.9 °C	18 mm	176	0
1979	45.5 °C27 July 1979	1.7 °C24 December 1979	22.4 °C	114 mm	169	0
1978	44.2 °C18 July 1978	4.3 °C14 January 1978	22.4 °C	29 mm	155	0
1977	45.1 °C13 July 1977	3.8 °C13 January 1977	22.0 °C	9 mm	163	0
1976	43.8 °C5 August 1976	1.6 °C30 January 1976	20.9 °C	43 mm	153	0
1975	45.0 °C14 July 1975	3.7 °C28 January 1975	22.1 °C	6 mm	149	0
1974	44.5 °C1 July 1974	2.3 °C21 January 1974	21.9 °C	11 mm	154	0
1973	45.5 °C26 July 1973	1.8 °C1 January 1973	22.4 °C	13 mm	174	0
1972	45.6 °C23 July 1972	2.5 °C25 December 1972	20.9 °C	40 mm	146	0
1971	45.2 °C29 June 1971	2.1 °C11 January 1971	21.8 °C	20 mm	157	0
1970	44.8 °C17 July 1970	3.5 °C18 December 1970	22.8 °C	54 mm	164	0
1969	44.7 °C6 August 1969	2.0 °C3 December 1969	22.2 °C	65 mm	157	0
1968	45.3 °C21 July 1968	0.9 °C3 January 1968	22.6 °C	19 mm	176	0
1967	45.0 °C9 July 1967	0.7 °C13 December 1967	22.3 °C	84 mm	156	0
1966	45.1 °C15 July 1966	2.4 °C3 January 1966	22.5 °C	17 mm	181	0
1965	45.0 °C27 July 1965	-2.3 °C7 January 1965	22.6 °C	54 mm	171	1
1964	44.7 °C10 July 1964	0.3 °C8 January 1964	22.5 °C	22 mm	191	0
1963	44.7 °C12 July 1963	1.7 °C24 December 1963	21.8 °C	8 mm	161	0
1962	44.6 °C17 July 1962	-0.1 °C16 December 1962	22.6 °C	31 mm	172	1
1961	44.0 °C23 July 1961	0.5 °C17 January 1961	22.9 °C	4 mm	176	0
1960	44.6 °C17 July 1960	1.8 °C19 January 1960	22.5 °C	18 mm	167	0
1959	44.4 °C31 July 1959	2.7 °C10 January 1959	22.0 °C	13 mm	166	0
1958	44.5 °C19 July 1958	2.3 °C17 January 1958	22.7 °C	29 mm	181	0
1957	44.4 °C22 July 1957	-0.8 °C22 January 1957	21.7 °C	47 mm	147	2
1956	45.1 °C4 July 1956	0.1 °C2 January 1956	21.5 °C	38 mm	169	0
1955	44.6 °C14 July 1955	4.4 °C30 December 1955	23.3 °C	27 mm	185	0
1954	44.2 °C13 July 1954	0.9 °C7 January 1954	21.7 °C	74 mm	171	0
1953	44.5 °C18 July 1953	2.1 °C27 December 1953	21.5 °C	90 mm	161	0
1952	44.4 °C26 June 1952	0.3 °C10 January 1952	22.3 °C	15 mm	162	0
1951	44.2 °C11 July 1951	1.7 °C12 January 1951	22.0 °C	80 mm	156	0
1950	44.1 °C12 July 1950	2.5 °C12 December 1950	22.5 °C	63 mm	150	0
1949	45.0 °C22 July 1949	2.7 °C4 January 1949	22.0 °C	65 mm	159	0
1948	44.7 °C6 July 1948	-0.9 °C6 January 1948	22.3 °C	27 mm	157	2
1947	44.0 °C24 July 1947	-1.6 °C27 December 1947	22.7 °C	11 mm	195	7
1946	44.0 °C20 July 1946	1.1 °C26 December 1946	22.4 °C	6 mm	165	0
1945	44.4 °C16 July 1945	-0.3 °C4 January 1945	23.4 °C	6 mm	198	1
1944	46.1 °C12 July 1944	0.4 °C24 January 1944	22.2 °C	26 mm	189	0
1943	44.7 °C12 July 1943	0.2 °C1 January 1943	22.8 °C	16 mm	153	0
1942	44.0 °C14 July 1942	1.6 °C9 January 1942	23.1 °C	26 mm	187	0
1941	44.9 °C17 July 1941	-0.2 °C20 January 1941	22.6 °C	7 mm	180	1
1940	44.0 °C25 July 1940	-2.6 °C20 December 1940	21.6 °C	0 mm	156	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.7 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

207 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

21 mm

-10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.4 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	23.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	26.0 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Apr	30.7 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
May	33.5 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	+3 mm
Jun	41.0 °C	+4.5 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jul	43.4 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	42.1 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	36.8 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Oct	34.1 °C	+3.9 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+3.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Dec	20.4 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.0 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

5.5 mm

7 Sep 2025

Windiest day

52.2 km/h

9 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

9 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

18 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tindouf?

Tindouf has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tindouf?

The hottest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2023, reaching 47.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tindouf?

The coldest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Tindouf?

Almost never: Tindouf sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Tindouf warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Tindouf?

The wettest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2003, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tindouf?

The windiest day measured in Tindouf between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2007, with winds reaching 61.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tindouf?

The warmest month in Tindouf is July (33.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Tindouf?

Tindouf receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tindouf?

Tindouf gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tindouf?

Yes: Tindouf has on average 103 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tindouf?

In Tindouf, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 1 August 2023, and the lowest was -7.3 °C on 20 December 1940.

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