El Idrissia weather in February

In February, El Idrissia sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 21 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is El Idrissia's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Idrissia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 21 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:43 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical February day in El Idrissia reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in El Idrissia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

El Idrissia weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 2°	22	5.6	1.3	10	3.0
Feb	12° / 3°	21	5	1.3	10.7	3.9
Mar	16° / 5°	24	5.7	0.5	11.7	5.8
Apr	20° / 8°	32	5.8	0.1	12.8	7.1
May	25° / 13°	25	5.1	0	13.8	7.7
Jun	31° / 18°	12	3.2	0	14.3	5.3
Jul	36° / 22°	7	2.3	0	14.1	2.9
Aug	34° / 21°	13	3.9	0	13.3	3.5
Sep	29° / 17°	32	6.5	0	12.2	6.5
Oct	22° / 12°	31	5.3	0	11.1	7.7
Nov	16° / 6°	20	4.3	0	10.2	5.6
Dec	12° / 3°	19	4.4	0.7	9.7	3.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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
Clearer (%)	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

El Idrissia gets around 21 mm of rain and snow over 5 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 1 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
Rain chance (%)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:54 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:38 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
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:54	6:12
2	10.3	7:54	6:13
3	10.4	7:53	6:14
4	10.4	7:52	6:15
5	10.4	7:52	6:16
6	10.4	7:51	6:17
7	10.5	7:50	6:18
8	10.5	7:49	6:19
9	10.5	7:48	6:20
10	10.6	7:48	6:21
11	10.6	7:47	6:22
12	10.6	7:46	6:23
13	10.7	7:45	6:24
14	10.7	7:44	6:25
15	10.7	7:43	6:26
16	10.7	7:42	6:27
17	10.8	7:41	6:28
18	10.8	7:40	6:29
19	10.8	7:39	6:30
20	10.9	7:38	6:31
21	10.9	7:37	6:32
22	10.9	7:36	6:33
23	11.0	7:34	6:33
24	11.0	7:33	6:34
25	11.1	7:32	6:35
26	11.1	7:31	6:36
27	11.1	7:30	6:37
28	11.2	7:29	6:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for El Idrissia

In seasonPeak

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

El Idrissia sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit El Idrissia?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Idrissia.

What to pack for El Idrissia in February

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

In February, El Idrissia sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in El Idrissia in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Idrissia peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in El Idrissia in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in El Idrissia is worst in September — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (January, 9 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)	9	15	24	29	28	31	28	28	31	19	12	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is El Idrissia?

El Idrissia sits at 34.4°N, 2.5°E, 1,070 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Charef, 31 km away.

Topography around El Idrissia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Idrissia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 1,064 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m.

The land around El Idrissia is covered by bare terrain (54%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and bare terrain (44%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

71 m

bare terrain 54%

16 km

354 m

grassland 49%

80 km

992 m

bare terrain 56%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← January El Idrissia year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Charef 31 km · Aflou 54 km · ’Aïn el Bell 65 km · Djelfa 72 km · Laghouat 78 km · Hassi Bahbah 83 km · Ksar Chellala 87 km · Messaad 95 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 El Idrissia (34.4454°, 2.5275°, elevation 1,070 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	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	13	3
19	13	3
20	13	3
21	13	3
22	13	3
23	13	3
24	13	3
25	14	3
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35

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

	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