Climate and average weather in Azzaba

In Azzaba, the summers are humid, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Azzaba typically varies from 8°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Azzaba for warm-weather activities are from late April to late July and late August to early November.

Hottest
Aug
30°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
88 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
628 mm
89 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
99 m
36.7°N
Clearest
Jul
13% cloud

Azzaba 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 April to late July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 13 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Azzaba is August, with an average high of 30°C and low of 21°C.

The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 27 to March 22, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Azzaba is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 15°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan158
Feb158
Mar179
Apr1911
May2315
Jun2718
Jul3021
Aug3021
Sep2720
Oct2416
Nov1912
Dec169

Average hourly temperature in Azzaba

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 August afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Azzaba weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 8711.39.84.4
Feb15° / 7510.510.64.5
Mar17° / 729.711.75.7
Apr19° / 11°609.212.96.4
May23° / 15°446.213.97.7
Jun27° / 18°112.614.58.0
Jul30° / 21°30.714.36.9
Aug30° / 21°112.213.46.4
Sep27° / 20°356.512.27.1
Oct24° / 16°618.711.17.3
Nov19° / 12°8111.2106.1
Dec16° / 8810.69.55.0

Chance of rain

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

Azzaba gets about 628 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 7.5 months, from around Sep 21 to May 6, peaking in January at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 1.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 88 mm over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 29 · 40%Jul 1 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3811
Mar3210
Apr319
May206
Jun83
Jul31
Aug72
Sep217
Oct299
Nov3611
Dec3411

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Azzaba collects about 628 mm of rain across 89 wet days — roughly 52 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 88 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec87757260441131135618188
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan8711
Feb7511
Mar7210
Apr609
May446
Jun113
Jul31
Aug112
Sep357
Oct619
Nov8111
Dec8811

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Azzaba, 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 30 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around September 16. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 96% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 17 and lasts for 8.4 months, ending around May 29. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 43% 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 24 · 97%Dec 24 · 53%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5743
Feb6040
Mar6337
Apr6040
May6733
Jun8218
Jul964
Aug919
Sep7129
Oct6238
Nov5941
Dec5743

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 10, 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)
Jan9.87:495:33
Feb10.67:286:04
Mar11.76:506:33
Apr12.96:047:00
May13.95:297:26
Jun14.55:177:47
Jul14.35:297:46
Aug13.45:537:18
Sep12.26:196:33
Oct11.16:455:48
Nov10.07:175:17
Dec9.57:435:13

Sunny days

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

Azzaba averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around May 15 to Sep 19. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

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

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2428 daysDec 2010 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May16Bright
Jun21Bright
Jul28Brilliant
Aug25Brilliant
Sep16Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov11Mixed
Dec10Mixed

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 Azzaba, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around May 25 to October 17. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 97% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 18 to May 24, and March 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 3 · 100%Aug 14 · 2%oppressivecomfortablemuggydryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar982000
Apr7919200
May40381930
Jun82745181
Jul18414010
Aug03305017
Sep21842335
Oct26392960
Nov8315200
Dec1000000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Azzaba is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Nov 1 to Apr 25. The windiest month is January, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 26 to Oct 31, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 31 · 12 km/hAug 20 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct9calm
Nov11calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Azzaba

In seasonPeak

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

Azzaba sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Azzaba

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early May, Azzaba 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 Azzaba for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late July and again from late August to early November, with a peak score in the third week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 15 · 8.2

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
Jan4.4fair
Feb4.5fair
Mar5.7good
Apr6.5good
May7.7ideal
Jun8.0ideal
Jul6.9good
Aug6.4good
Sep7.1good
Oct7.2good
Nov6.1good
Dec5.0fair

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 Azzaba for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 4 · 9.3

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 Azzaba, 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 August (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Azzaba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Azzaba

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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 15 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Refreshing
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Azzaba 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 Azzaba peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 9Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug7High
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Azzaba

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 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
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr6.51.5
May73
Jun84.5
Jul85.5
Aug73
Sep6.52.5
Oct50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Azzaba 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 Azzaba is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1440 µg/m³May 2424 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug41Poor
Sep26Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Azzaba is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Azzaba banks about 2,901 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan37
Feb37
Mar98
Apr160
May269
Jun374
Jul471
Aug489
Sep402
Oct314
Nov171
Dec79

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.

Azzaba receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.2 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 17.5 kWhDec 202.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.7Bright
May6.5Intense
Jun7.2Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep4.9Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Azzaba?

Azzaba sits at 36.7°N, 7.1°E, 99 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Skikda, 23 km away.

Topography around Azzaba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Azzaba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azzaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 702 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,427 m.

The land around Azzaba is covered by cropland (53%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and water (27%), cropland (25%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
702 m
80 km
1,427 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Skikda 23 km · El Arrouch 26 km · Berrahal 33 km · Héliopolis 40 km · Zighout Youcef 42 km · Guelma 42 km · Tamalous 43 km · Ahmed Bel Hadj 45 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 Azzaba (36.7394°, 7.1053°, elevation 99 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).