Bou Saâda weather in January

In January, Bou Saâda sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 23 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bou Saâda's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bou Saâda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 23 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:56 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bou Saâda reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

How January really feels in Bou Saâda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bou Saâda weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	23	4.6	9.9	4.2
Feb	15° / 5°	16	3.8	10.7	5.3
Mar	19° / 7°	23	4.5	11.7	7.1
Apr	23° / 10°	32	5	12.9	7.7
May	28° / 15°	28	4.9	13.8	7.0
Jun	34° / 20°	11	3	14.3	3.8
Jul	38° / 24°	8	3	14.1	1.4
Aug	37° / 23°	13	4.5	13.3	2.0
Sep	31° / 19°	34	6.2	12.2	5.4
Oct	25° / 14°	30	4.5	11.1	7.9
Nov	18° / 8°	21	4.2	10.1	6.7
Dec	14° / 5°	18	4.1	9.7	4.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	69	68	68	67	67	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	67	67
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bou Saâda gets around 23 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	11
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	15
31	15

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:57 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 6:03 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:57	5:36
2	9.7	7:57	5:37
3	9.7	7:57	5:38
4	9.7	7:57	5:39
5	9.7	7:57	5:39
6	9.7	7:57	5:40
7	9.7	7:57	5:41
8	9.7	7:57	5:42
9	9.8	7:57	5:43
10	9.8	7:57	5:43
11	9.8	7:57	5:44
12	9.8	7:57	5:45
13	9.8	7:57	5:46
14	9.8	7:57	5:47
15	9.9	7:57	5:48
16	9.9	7:56	5:49
17	9.9	7:56	5:50
18	9.9	7:56	5:51
19	9.9	7:56	5:52
20	10.0	7:55	5:52
21	10.0	7:55	5:53
22	10.0	7:55	5:54
23	10.0	7:54	5:55
24	10.0	7:54	5:56
25	10.1	7:53	5:57
26	10.1	7:53	5:58
27	10.1	7:52	5:59
28	10.1	7:52	6:00
29	10.2	7:51	6:01
30	10.2	7:51	6:02
31	10.2	7:50	6:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bou Saâda

In seasonPeak

None of Bou Saâda's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bou Saâda sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bou Saâda?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bou Saâda for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bou Saâda in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bou Saâda sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Bou Saâda in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bou Saâda peaks around July 16 at about 9 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	6	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Bou Saâda in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bou Saâda is worst in June — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 18 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	20	26	30	31	35	32	31	33	26	18	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bou Saâda?

Bou Saâda sits at 35.2°N, 4.2°E, 611 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is ’Aïn el Melh, 41 km away.

Topography around Bou Saâda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bou Saâda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 405 m around an average of 643 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,154 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 m.

The land around Bou Saâda is covered by grassland (45%), bare terrain (27%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and bare terrain (38%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

405 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,154 m

grassland 49%

80 km

1,299 m

bare terrain 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Bou Saâda year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: ’Aïn el Melh 41 km · Ain el Hadjel 58 km · M'Sila 65 km · Dar Chioukh 72 km · Sidi Aïssa 84 km · Melouza 86 km · Feidh el Botma 87 km · Birine 98 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

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 Bou Saâda (35.2086°, 4.174°, elevation 611 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	11
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	15
31	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	11
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	15
31	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	11
2	11
3	11
4	11
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	16
28	16
29	16
30	15
31	15

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100