Climate and average weather in Bordj Zemoura

In Bordj Zemoura, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bordj Zemoura typically varies from 2°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 Bordj Zemoura for warm-weather activities are from early April to mid June and mid September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
34°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Apr
54 mm
Driest
Jul
8 mm
Rain / yr
441 mm
86 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,043 m
36.3°N
Clearest
Jul
20% cloud

Bordj Zemoura 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 early April to mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bordj Zemoura, 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 11 to September 11, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in Bordj Zemoura is July, with an average high of 34°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 16 to March 14, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Bordj Zemoura is January, with an average low of 2°C and high of 11°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan112
Feb133
Mar165
Apr197
May2411
Jun3016
Jul3419
Aug3419
Sep2816
Oct2312
Nov167
Dec123

How hot and cold Bordj Zemoura 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, Bordj Zemoura feels like about 35°C (around July 24). About 65 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -0°C (around January 14), with roughly 33 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan111102
Feb131303
Mar161635
Apr191967
May24241111
Jun30301616
Jul34341919
Aug33341919
Sep28281616
Oct23231112
Nov161657
Dec121213

Average hourly temperature in Bordj Zemoura

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

Bordj Zemoura 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
Jan11° / 498.71.49.83.0
Feb13° / 4391.810.63.6
Mar16° / 538.80.911.75.3
Apr19° / 549.40.112.96.4
May24° / 11°447.6013.97.4
Jun30° / 16°204.8014.46.0
Jul34° / 19°82.7014.23.8
Aug34° / 19°165.2013.43.9
Sep28° / 16°387.8012.26.4
Oct23° / 12°346.4011.17.5
Nov16° / 417.9010.15.4
Dec12° / 427.60.99.63.6

Chance of rain

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

Bordj Zemoura gets about 441 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 4.1 months, from around Jan 6 to May 11, peaking in January at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 21.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 54 mm over about 9 wet days; July is the driest, with 8 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetJan 28 · 34%Jul 21 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb329
Mar299
Apr319
May248
Jun165
Jul103
Aug175
Sep258
Oct226
Nov268
Dec248

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bordj Zemoura collects about 441 mm of rain across 86 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 54 mm, while July is the driest at just 8 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec49435354442081638344142
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4991
Feb4392
Mar5391
Apr5490
May4480
Jun2050
Jul830
Aug1650
Sep3880
Oct3460
Nov4180
Dec4281

Snow in Bordj Zemoura

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.

Bordj Zemoura averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 10 to Mar 27 — about 3.6 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.9 days of snow and an estimated 9 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 21 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 4
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan17
Feb29
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec14

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Bordj Zemoura, 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 27 and lasts for 3.9 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 8 and lasts for 7.6 months, ending around May 26. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 50% 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 · 96%Jan 26 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb5347
Mar5842
Apr5842
May6436
Jun8119
Jul946
Aug919
Sep7129
Oct6337
Nov5545
Dec5050

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 16, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, 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)
Jan9.87:565:43
Feb10.67:366:14
Mar11.76:596:42
Apr12.96:137:08
May13.95:397:34
Jun14.45:277:54
Jul14.25:397:54
Aug13.46:037:26
Sep12.26:286:42
Oct11.16:545:57
Nov10.17:255:27
Dec9.67:505:23

Sunny days

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

Bordj Zemoura 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 3.8 months, from around May 27 to Sep 19. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 9 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2426 daysDec 189 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun20Bright
Jul25Brilliant
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 Bordj Zemoura, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around June 21 to September 29. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 20% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 30 to June 20, 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 19 · 100%Aug 21 · 77%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May91900
Jun672930
Jul5136121
Aug3842182
Sep5037131
Oct831510
Nov99100
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 Bordj Zemoura is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 4 · 8 km/hSep 25 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Bordj Zemoura

In seasonPeak

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

Bordj Zemoura sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Bordj Zemoura

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Bordj Zemoura 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 Bordj Zemoura for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to mid June and again from mid September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 8 · 7.7

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
Jan3.1poor
Feb3.6fair
Mar5.3fair
Apr6.4good
May7.4good
Jun6.0good
Jul3.8fair
Aug4.0fair
Sep6.4good
Oct7.4good
Nov5.4fair
Dec3.6fair

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 Bordj Zemoura for hot-weather activities is from mid May to early October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 16 · 8.1

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 Bordj Zemoura, 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 11°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bordj Zemoura sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Bordj Zemoura

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 61 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 May 30 to Nov 12 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Bordj Zemoura 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 Bordj Zemoura peaks around July 13 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 13UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Bordj Zemoura

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
Apr73.5
May7.54
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Bordj Zemoura 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 Bordj Zemoura is worst in September — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1836 µg/m³Nov 1730 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

Bordj Zemoura is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 6 to December 16 (286 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 690%Dec 1690%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8031
Feb8428
Mar933
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec9014

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. Bordj Zemoura banks about 2,387 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar17
Apr99
May244
Jun388
Jul515
Aug505
Sep356
Oct220
Nov44
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.

Bordj Zemoura 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 6.2 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 68% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.6 kWhDec 192.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.9Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.8Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Bordj Zemoura?

Bordj Zemoura sits at 36.3°N, 4.9°E, 1,043 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Bougaa, 22 km away.

Topography around Bordj Zemoura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bordj Zemoura has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 772 m around an average of 1,018 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,183 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,266 m.

The land around Bordj Zemoura is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (23%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
772 m
16 km
1,183 m
80 km
2,266 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Bougaa 22 km · Bordj Bou Arreridj 24 km · El Achir 31 km · Feraoun 32 km · Barbacha 34 km · Seddouk 34 km · Akbou 35 km · Ighram 38 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 Bordj Zemoura (36.2746°, 4.8567°, elevation 1,043 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).