Climate and average weather in ’Aïn el Hammam

In ’Aïn el Hammam, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late March to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in ’Aïn el Hammam typically varies from 3°C to 34°C, and is rarely below -1°C or above 39°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit ’Aïn el Hammam for warm-weather activities are from late March to late June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
34°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
81 mm
Driest
Jul
6 mm
Rain / yr
653 mm
99 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
841 m
36.6°N
Clearest
Jul
18% cloud

’Aïn el Hammam weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late March to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in ’Aïn el Hammam, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.1 months, from June 14 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in ’Aïn el Hammam is July, with an average high of 34°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 17 to March 17, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in ’Aïn el Hammam is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan133
Feb143
Mar175
Apr198
May2412
Jun3016
Jul3420
Aug3420
Sep2916
Oct2412
Nov187
Dec144

How hot and cold ’Aïn el Hammam really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, ’Aïn el Hammam feels like about 35°C (around July 26). About 66 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan131313
Feb141413
Mar171745
Apr191978
May24241212
Jun29301616
Jul34342020
Aug34342020
Sep29291616
Oct24241212
Nov171867
Dec141424

Average hourly temperature in ’Aïn el Hammam

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

’Aïn el Hammam weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 8111.119.83.5
Feb14° / 7210.31.610.63.9
Mar17° / 7910.10.511.75.4
Apr19° / 7810.40.112.96.2
May24° / 12°588.3013.97.3
Jun30° / 16°183.9014.46.4
Jul34° / 20°61.8014.24.1
Aug34° / 20°164.9013.43.8
Sep29° / 16°489012.25.9
Oct24° / 12°518011.17.3
Nov18° / 7110.7010.15.6
Dec14° / 7510.10.59.54.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

’Aïn el Hammam gets about 653 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.5 months, from around Oct 25 to May 10, peaking in January at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 19.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 81 mm over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 6 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 27 · 41%Jul 19 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3710
Mar3310
Apr3510
May268
Jun134
Jul62
Aug165
Sep299
Oct278
Nov3411
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, ’Aïn el Hammam collects about 653 mm of rain across 99 wet days — roughly 54 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 81 mm, while July is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec81727978581861648517175
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan81111
Feb72102
Mar79101
Apr78100
May5880
Jun1840
Jul620
Aug1650
Sep4890
Oct5180
Nov71110
Dec75101

Snow in ’Aïn el Hammam

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

’Aïn el Hammam averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 19 to Mar 14 — about 2.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.7 days of snow and an estimated 8 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 16 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 6
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan15
Feb28
Mar11
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec12

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In ’Aïn el Hammam, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 25 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around September 22. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 94% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 4 and lasts for 7.7 months, ending around May 24. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 51% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 23 · 96%Jan 24 · 46%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb5149
Mar5545
Apr5545
May6238
Jun8119
Jul946
Aug8911
Sep7030
Oct6139
Nov5446
Dec4951

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 12, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:595:45
Feb10.67:396:16
Mar11.77:016:44
Apr12.96:157:11
May13.95:417:37
Jun14.45:297:58
Jul14.25:407:57
Aug13.46:057:29
Sep12.26:306:44
Oct11.16:565:59
Nov10.17:285:29
Dec9.57:545:24

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

’Aïn el Hammam averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around May 21 to Sep 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 10 sunny days — about 62% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2526 daysJan 289 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun20Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug23Bright
Sep15Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In ’Aïn el Hammam, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around June 2 to October 6. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 41% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 7 to June 1, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 2 · 100%Aug 16 · 57%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr96400
May702640
Jun3845161
Jul2741265
Aug2237329
Sep3239254
Oct702360
Nov98200
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in ’Aïn el Hammam is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 2 · 6 km/hSep 23 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for ’Aïn el Hammam

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

’Aïn el Hammam sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit ’Aïn el Hammam

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in ’Aïn el Hammam throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid April, ’Aïn el Hammam is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit ’Aïn el Hammam for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late June and again from mid September to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 18 · 7.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.5poor
Feb3.9fair
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.3good
May7.3good
Jun6.4good
Jul4.1fair
Aug3.8fair
Sep5.9good
Oct7.2good
Nov5.6good
Dec4.0fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit ’Aïn el Hammam for hot-weather activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 19 · 8.4

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for ’Aïn el Hammam, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 34°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, ’Aïn el Hammam sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near ’Aïn el Hammam

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Nov 8 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in ’Aïn el Hammam by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in ’Aïn el Hammam peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in ’Aïn el Hammam

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb3.50
Mar5.50
Apr74
May7.54
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in ’Aïn el Hammam by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in ’Aïn el Hammam is worst in August — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (June, 28 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorPoorModerateAug 1454 µg/m³Jun 1128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr34Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul41Poor
Aug56Unhealthy
Sep31Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov28Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

’Aïn el Hammam is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 25 to December 23 (302 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeFeb 2590%Dec 2390%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8331
Feb8727
Mar960
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec928

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. ’Aïn el Hammam banks about 2,488 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar29
Apr106
May242
Jun384
Jul516
Aug519
Sep378
Oct248
Nov67
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

’Aïn el Hammam receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 69% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.6 kWhDec 182.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is ’Aïn el Hammam?

’Aïn el Hammam sits at 36.6°N, 4.3°E, 841 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, 12 km away.

Topography around ’Aïn el Hammam

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of ’Aïn el Hammam.

Within 3 km, the terrain around ’Aïn el Hammam has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m around an average of 866 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,160 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,266 m.

The land around ’Aïn el Hammam is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%), trees (25%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
765 m
16 km
2,160 m
80 km
2,266 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 12 km · Mekla 14 km · Tizi Rached 16 km · Beni Douala 21 km · Azazga 21 km · Freha 21 km · Ighram 21 km · Chorfa 22 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,051
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 468
Religion
Muslim 99%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for ’Aïn el Hammam (36.5647°, 4.3062°, elevation 841 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).