Climate and average weather in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

In L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: early May to mid July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen typically varies from 6°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 3°C or above 35°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit L’Arbaa Naït Irathen for warm-weather activities are from early May to mid July and early September to late October.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
116 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
804 mm
98 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
710 m
36.6°N
Clearest
Jul
15% cloud

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 May to mid July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, 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 18 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from November 22 to March 26, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 14°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan146
Feb146
Mar168
Apr1810
May2214
Jun2618
Jul3021
Aug3122
Sep2719
Oct2315
Nov1811
Dec158

Average hourly temperature in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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
Jan14° / 11612.70.59.83.8
Feb14° / 9411.20.710.64.0
Mar16° / 9310.80.211.75.1
Apr18° / 10°8510.5012.96.0
May22° / 14°617.4013.97.3
Jun26° / 18°132.6014.58.2
Jul30° / 21°30.8014.26.6
Aug31° / 22°102013.45.9
Sep27° / 19°457012.27.0
Oct23° / 15°648.7011.17.2
Nov18° / 11°10612.60105.6
Dec15° / 11411.80.19.54.3

Chance of rain

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

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen gets about 804 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 7.6 months, from around Sep 21 to May 8, peaking in January at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 23.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 116 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 26 · 45%Jul 23 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4113
Feb4011
Mar3511
Apr3511
May247
Jun93
Jul31
Aug72
Sep237
Oct299
Nov4013
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, L’Arbaa Naït Irathen collects about 804 mm of rain across 98 wet days — roughly 67 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 116 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec11694938561133104564106114
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan116131
Feb94111
Mar93110
Apr85110
May6170
Jun1330
Jul310
Aug1020
Sep4570
Oct6490
Nov106130
Dec114120

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, 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 26 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around October 3. 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 4 and lasts for 7.7 months, ending around May 25. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 48% 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 25 · 95%Jan 22 · 50%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5248
Feb5644
Mar6040
Apr5941
May6436
Jun8317
Jul946
Aug9010
Sep7327
Oct6337
Nov5644
Dec5446

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)
Jan9.88:005:45
Feb10.67:406:16
Mar11.77:026:44
Apr12.96:157:11
May13.95:417:38
Jun14.55:297:58
Jul14.25:417:57
Aug13.46:057:30
Sep12.26:316:44
Oct11.16:576:00
Nov10.07:285:29
Dec9.57:545:25

Sunny days

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

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.9 months, from around May 23 to Sep 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 10 sunny days — about 60% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2627 daysNov 289 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May15Mixed
Jun21Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug24Brilliant
Sep16Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec10Mixed

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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around May 25 to October 12. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 78% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 13 to May 24, 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 11 · 100%Aug 13 · 21%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar991000
Apr8614100
May44411510
Jun12403990
Jul32744251
Aug22041334
Sep93238201
Oct41381820
Nov9010100
Dec1000000

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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeFeb 1 · 11 km/hSep 21 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov11calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

In seasonPeak

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

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen for general outdoor tourist activities run from early May to mid July and again from early September to late October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 15 · 8.4

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
Jan3.8fair
Feb4.0fair
Mar5.1fair
Apr6.0good
May7.3good
Jun8.1ideal
Jul6.6good
Aug6.0good
Sep7.0good
Oct7.2good
Nov5.6good
Dec4.4fair

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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 4 · 9.1

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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen, 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 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, L’Arbaa Naït Irathen sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

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 28 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 5 to Nov 7 — about 5.1 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
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

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
Feb2.50
Mar5.50
Apr73.5
May7.54
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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 dayFrost-free year round

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen 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. L’Arbaa Naït Irathen banks about 2,632 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)
Jan2
Feb6
Mar66
Apr127
May239
Jun360
Jul483
Aug504
Sep393
Oct288
Nov129
Dec35

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.

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 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 69% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 287.6 kWhDec 182.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.5Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.2Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is L’Arbaa Naït Irathen?

L’Arbaa Naït Irathen sits at 36.6°N, 4.2°E, 710 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Tizi Rached, 5.0 km away.

Topography around L’Arbaa Naït Irathen

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of L’Arbaa Naït Irathen.

Within 3 km, the terrain around L’Arbaa Naït Irathen has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 816 m around an average of 692 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,455 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,266 m.

The land around L’Arbaa Naït Irathen is covered by trees (81%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), trees (26%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
816 m
16 km
1,455 m
80 km
2,266 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Tizi Rached 5.0 km · Mekla 8.0 km · Beni Douala 10 km · ’Aïn el Hammam 12 km · Tizi-n-Tleta 16 km · Tizi Ouzou 16 km · Freha 17 km · Maâtkas 19 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 L’Arbaa Naït Irathen (36.6311°, 4.1986°, elevation 710 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).