Climate and average weather in Kolea

In Kolea, the summers are muggy, warm, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: late May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kolea typically varies from 12°C to 26°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 28°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while February is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Kolea for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
26°
Coldest
Feb
12°
Wettest
Nov
96 mm
Driest
Jul
1 mm
Rain / yr
572 mm
75 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
137 m
36.6°N
Clearest
Jul
14% cloud

Kolea 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 May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.2 months, from June 23 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Kolea is August, with an average high of 26°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 4.4 months, from November 29 to April 11, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Kolea is February, with an average low of 12°C and high of 15°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1512
Feb1512
Mar1613
Apr1715
May2017
Jun2320
Jul2523
Aug2624
Sep2522
Oct2219
Nov1816
Dec1613

Average hourly temperature in Kolea

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 26°C, and coldest before dawn in February, near 12°C.

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

Kolea 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° / 12°8810.59.84.6
Feb15° / 12°689.410.64.6
Mar16° / 13°577.711.75.4
Apr17° / 15°557.712.96.2
May20° / 17°384.813.97.4
Jun23° / 20°61.114.58.9
Jul25° / 23°10.114.29.3
Aug26° / 24°51.113.48.8
Sep25° / 22°224.512.28.2
Oct22° / 19°536.511.17.5
Nov18° / 16°9611.4106.0
Dec16° / 13°8310.39.55.2

Chance of rain

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

Kolea gets about 572 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 7.0 months, from around Oct 4 to May 3, peaking in November at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 20.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 96 mm over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 24 · 40%Jul 20 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3411
Feb339
Mar268
Apr258
May155
Jun41
Jul10
Aug31
Sep155
Oct227
Nov3711
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kolea collects about 572 mm of rain across 75 wet days — roughly 48 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 96 mm, while July is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec886857553861522539683
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan8811
Feb689
Mar578
Apr558
May385
Jun61
Jul10
Aug51
Sep225
Oct537
Nov9611
Dec8310

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kolea, 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 31 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around September 17. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 18 and lasts for 8.4 months, ending around May 30. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 35% 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 27 · 95%Nov 23 · 64%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb6931
Mar7030
Apr6832
May7129
Jun8614
Jul937
Aug928
Sep7723
Oct6931
Nov6535
Dec6733

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 11, 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)
Jan9.88:065:51
Feb10.67:456:22
Mar11.77:076:50
Apr12.96:217:17
May13.95:477:44
Jun14.55:348:04
Jul14.25:468:03
Aug13.46:117:35
Sep12.26:366:50
Oct11.17:036:05
Nov10.07:345:35
Dec9.58:005:30

Sunny days

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

Kolea averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.8 months, from around May 26 to Sep 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 14 sunny days — about 47% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2727 daysNov 2913 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb14Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr15Bright
May17Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul27Brilliant
Aug26Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct17Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec14Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around May 17 to October 31. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 1 to May 16, 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 8 · 100%Jul 30 · 0%comfortableoppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9730000
Feb9730000
Mar85150000
Apr56413000
May174039400
Jun111404440
Jul01848422
Aug01326646
Sep062144281
Oct1024402520
Nov533512100
Dec87130000

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 Kolea is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Nov 1 to Apr 26. The windiest month is January, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 27 to Oct 31, with July the calmest month at about 14 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 31 · 18 km/hJul 31 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan17light breeze
Feb17light breeze
Mar17light breeze
Apr16light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov17light breeze
Dec17light breeze

Hazard calendar for Kolea

In seasonPeak

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

Kolea's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Best time to visit Kolea

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early October, Kolea is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 time of year to visit Kolea for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 29 · 9.4

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
Jan4.6fair
Feb4.6fair
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.2good
May7.4good
Jun8.9ideal
Jul9.3ideal
Aug8.8ideal
Sep8.2ideal
Oct7.5good
Nov6.0good
Dec5.2fair

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 Kolea for hot-weather activities is from mid June to late September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 31 · 8.7

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 Kolea, 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 26°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around February (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Kolea sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

Sea temperature near Kolea

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

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Nov 4 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Kolea 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 Kolea peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 18UV 9Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Kolea

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
Feb20
Mar5.50
Apr73
May7.54
Jun84.5
Jul85.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.52.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Kolea 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 Kolea is worst in July — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 40 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1966 µg/m³Nov 1841 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May56Unhealthy
Jun55Poor
Jul67Unhealthy
Aug61Unhealthy
Sep48Poor
Oct52Poor
Nov40Poor
Dec47Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Kolea 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. Kolea banks about 3,098 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)
Jan104
Feb90
Mar135
Apr175
May256
Jun342
Jul437
Aug470
Sep403
Oct331
Nov212
Dec141

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.

Kolea 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 277.6 kWhDec 182.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.9Bright
Apr6.1Intense
May6.8Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Kolea?

Kolea sits at 36.6°N, 2.8°E, 137 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Bou Ismaïl, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Kolea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m around an average of 119 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,633 m.

The land around Kolea is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), trees (26%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (32%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and water (33%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
213 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
1,633 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Bou Ismaïl 7.0 km · Oued el Alleug 9.0 km · Zeralda 10 km · Beni Tamou 12 km · Boufarik 15 km · Beni Mered 15 km · Douéra 16 km · Souma 18 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 Kolea (36.6389°, 2.7685°, elevation 137 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).