Climate and average weather in Ighram

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

Best: early April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ighram typically varies from 2°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -2°C or above 38°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 Ighram for warm-weather activities are from early April to late June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Mar
82 mm
Driest
Jul
7 mm
Rain / yr
678 mm
103 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
334 m
36.5°N
Clearest
Jul
19% cloud

Ighram 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 late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Ighram, 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 13 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in Ighram is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 18 to March 16, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Ighram is January, with an average low of 2°C and high of 12°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)
Jan122
Feb133
Mar165
Apr197
May2411
Jun2916
Jul3319
Aug3319
Sep2916
Oct2412
Nov177
Dec134

How hot and cold Ighram 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, Ighram feels like about 34°C (around July 25). About 62 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)
Jan121212
Feb131313
Mar161635
Apr191967
May24241111
Jun29291616
Jul33331919
Aug33331919
Sep28291616
Oct23241212
Nov171767
Dec131324

Average hourly temperature in Ighram

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Ighram 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
Jan12° / 8111.11.19.83.3
Feb13° / 7410.91.710.63.7
Mar16° / 8210.40.511.75.2
Apr19° / 81110.112.96.1
May24° / 11°608.5013.97.3
Jun29° / 16°214.4014.46.5
Jul33° / 19°72014.24.3
Aug33° / 19°185.4013.44.0
Sep29° / 16°559.4012.26.0
Oct24° / 12°558.5011.17.2
Nov17° / 6910.9010.15.4
Dec13° / 7310.10.69.63.8

Chance of rain

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

Ighram gets about 678 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 23 to May 9, peaking in January at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 17.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 82 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 7 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 27 · 42%Jul 17 · 7%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3911
Mar3410
Apr3611
May279
Jun154
Jul72
Aug175
Sep309
Oct299
Nov3511
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ighram collects about 678 mm of rain across 103 wet days — roughly 56 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 82 mm, while July is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec81748281602171855556973
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan81111
Feb74112
Mar82101
Apr81110
May6090
Jun2140
Jul720
Aug1850
Sep5590
Oct5590
Nov69110
Dec73101

Snow in Ighram

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.

Ighram averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 13 to Mar 14 — about 3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.8 days of snow and an estimated 10 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 21 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 8
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan16
Feb210
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec13

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ighram, 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 23. 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 2 and lasts for 7.7 months, ending around May 24. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 52% 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 25 · 46%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4951
Feb5050
Mar5446
Apr5446
May6139
Jun8119
Jul946
Aug8812
Sep6931
Oct5941
Nov5248
Dec4852

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 13, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, 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)
Jan9.87:585:44
Feb10.67:386:15
Mar11.77:006:43
Apr12.96:147:10
May13.95:407:36
Jun14.45:287:56
Jul14.25:407:55
Aug13.46:047:28
Sep12.26:296:43
Oct11.16:555:59
Nov10.17:265:28
Dec9.67:525:24

Sunny days

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

Ighram 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 18 to Sep 16. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 10 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2626 daysJan 289 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun20Bright
Jul25Brilliant
Aug23Bright
Sep14Mixed
Oct12Mixed
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 Ighram, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around June 4 to October 5. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 43% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 6 to June 3, 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 6 · 100%Aug 16 · 55%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr97300
May732330
Jun4043161
Jul2543266
Aug2136349
Sep3240253
Oct712360
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 Ighram is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 1 · 6 km/hSep 20 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Ighram

In seasonPeak

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

Ighram 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 Ighram

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 19 · 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
Jan3.3poor
Feb3.7fair
Mar5.2fair
Apr6.1good
May7.2good
Jun6.4good
Jul4.3fair
Aug4.0fair
Sep6.0good
Oct7.1good
Nov5.4fair
Dec3.9fair

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 Ighram for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 20 · 8.3

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 Ighram, 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 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Ighram sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Ighram

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 47 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 3 to Nov 9 — about 5.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Ighram 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 Ighram 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 Ighram

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
Aug7.55
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Ighram 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 Ighram 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%)

Ighram is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 3 to December 16 (289 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 390%Dec 1690%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8031
Feb8428
Mar942
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec9017

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. Ighram banks about 2,382 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
Mar21
Apr97
May232
Jun372
Jul499
Aug502
Sep364
Oct236
Nov59
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.

Ighram 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 2.3 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
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.0Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Ighram?

Ighram sits at 36.5°N, 4.5°E, 334 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Akbou, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Ighram

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ighram has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 787 m around an average of 442 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,828 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,266 m.

The land around Ighram is covered by grassland (36%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
787 m
16 km
1,828 m
80 km
2,266 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Akbou 3.0 km · Chemini 18 km · Seddouk 19 km · Chorfa 19 km · ’Aïn el Hammam 21 km · el hed 32 km · Mekla 33 km · Feraoun 33 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 Ighram (36.4629°, 4.5053°, elevation 334 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).