Tizi Gheniff climate — normals and trends
Tizi Gheniff (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 647 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Tizi Gheniff averages 8 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Tizi Gheniff has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 15 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 27 January 2005).
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
Tizi GheniffTizi Ouzou Province
- coords
- 36.59°, 3.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
647mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.4 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
45.4 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
27 January 2005
Wettest day
89 mm
5 October 1957
Windiest day
37.2 km/h
24 January 2013
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
30 December 2000
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-13.1 °C
4 January 1945
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
3 February 2012
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 126 mm | +46 mm |
| Feb | 16.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -40 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 21.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 80 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 76 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 34.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 30.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 75 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 67 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 15.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 52 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tizi Gheniff?
Tizi Gheniff has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 647 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tizi Gheniff?
The hottest day measured in Tizi Gheniff between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 45.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tizi Gheniff?
The coldest day measured in Tizi Gheniff between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Tizi Gheniff?
Yes. Tizi Gheniff gets on average 5.9 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Tizi Gheniff warmed?
Yes: Tizi Gheniff warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tizi Gheniff?
The wettest day measured in Tizi Gheniff between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tizi Gheniff?
The windiest day measured in Tizi Gheniff between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2013, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tizi Gheniff?
The warmest month in Tizi Gheniff is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Tizi Gheniff?
Tizi Gheniff receives on average 647 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tizi Gheniff?
Tizi Gheniff gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tizi Gheniff?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tizi Gheniff between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tizi Gheniff?
Yes: Tizi Gheniff has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tizi Gheniff?
In Tizi Gheniff, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -13.1 °C on 4 January 1945.
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