Maâtkas weather in February

In February, Maâtkas sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Maâtkas's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maâtkas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 73 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:40 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.56 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 13°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical February day in Maâtkas reaches about 14°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 8°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 3°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in Maâtkas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

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

Maâtkas weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 3°	84	11.6	0.8	9.8	3.5
Feb	14° / 3°	73	10.8	1.3	10.6	3.9
Mar	17° / 6°	82	10.5	0.4	11.7	5.3
Apr	19° / 8°	85	10.7	0	12.9	6.2
May	24° / 12°	68	8.9	0	13.9	7.2
Jun	29° / 16°	20	4.3	0	14.5	6.6
Jul	33° / 20°	7	2.3	0	14.2	4.4
Aug	33° / 20°	18	4.9	0	13.4	4.0
Sep	29° / 17°	51	8.8	0	12.2	6.0
Oct	24° / 13°	56	8.8	0	11.1	7.2
Nov	18° / 8°	76	11	0	10	5.6
Dec	14° / 4°	78	10.2	0.4	9.5	4.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	54
Cloudier (%)	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Maâtkas gets around 73 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 38% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	38
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	5
2	42	5
3	41	5
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	39	6
7	39	6
8	38	6
9	38	6
10	37	6
11	37	6
12	37	6
13	37	5
14	37	5
15	37	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	37	4
19	38	4
20	38	3
21	38	3
22	38	3
23	38	3
24	38	3
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2

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 7 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 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 7:53 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:30 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)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:49	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	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:25
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:53	6:02
2	10.2	7:52	6:03
3	10.2	7:51	6:04
4	10.2	7:51	6:05
5	10.3	7:50	6:06
6	10.3	7:49	6:08
7	10.3	7:48	6:09
8	10.4	7:47	6:10
9	10.4	7:46	6:11
10	10.4	7:45	6:12
11	10.5	7:44	6:13
12	10.5	7:43	6:14
13	10.5	7:42	6:15
14	10.6	7:41	6:16
15	10.6	7:40	6:17
16	10.6	7:39	6:18
17	10.7	7:38	6:19
18	10.7	7:37	6:20
19	10.8	7:36	6:21
20	10.8	7:35	6:22
21	10.8	7:34	6:23
22	10.9	7:32	6:24
23	10.9	7:31	6:25
24	10.9	7:30	6:26
25	11.0	7:29	6:27
26	11.0	7:27	6:28
27	11.0	7:26	6:29
28	11.1	7:25	6:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.54 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.56 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)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Maâtkas

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Maâtkas?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maâtkas.

What to pack for Maâtkas in February

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

In February, Maâtkas sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Maâtkas in February

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 33 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	18	21	24	25	25	22	19	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Maâtkas in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maâtkas 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Maâtkas 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 Maâtkas is worst in August — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	47	53	59	57	55	51	63	64	47	55	43	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	59	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	55	Poor
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	63	Unhealthy
Aug	64	Unhealthy
Sep	47	Poor
Oct	55	Unhealthy
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Maâtkas?

Maâtkas sits at 36.6°N, 4.0°E, 387 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Tirmitine, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Maâtkas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maâtkas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 501 m around an average of 467 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,079 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,266 m.

The land around Maâtkas is covered by trees (72%) within 3 km, trees (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), trees (25%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

501 m

trees 72%

16 km

2,079 m

trees 62%

80 km

2,266 m

grassland 31%

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

February weather nearby: Tirmitine 5.0 km · Boghni 7.0 km · Beni Douala 9.0 km · Tizi-n-Tleta 9.0 km · Tizi Ouzou 13 km · Draa Ben Khedda 15 km · Draa el Mizan 15 km · Tadmaït 17 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 Maâtkas (36.6047°, 3.9844°, elevation 387 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	5
2	42	5
3	41	5
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	39	6
7	39	6
8	38	6
9	38	6
10	37	6
11	37	6
12	37	6
13	37	5
14	37	5
15	37	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	37	4
19	38	4
20	38	3
21	38	3
22	38	3
23	38	3
24	38	3
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2

	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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	14	3
15	14	3
16	14	3
17	14	3
18	14	3
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	5
2	42	5
3	41	5
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	39	6
7	39	6
8	38	6
9	38	6
10	37	6
11	37	6
12	37	6
13	37	5
14	37	5
15	37	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	37	4
19	38	4
20	38	3
21	38	3
22	38	3
23	38	3
24	38	3
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2

	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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	13	3
9	13	3
10	13	3
11	13	3
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	14	3
15	14	3
16	14	3
17	14	3
18	14	3
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	15	4
27	15	4
28	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	5
2	42	5
3	41	5
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	39	6
7	39	6
8	38	6
9	38	6
10	37	6
11	37	6
12	37	6
13	37	5
14	37	5
15	37	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	37	4
19	38	4
20	38	3
21	38	3
22	38	3
23	38	3
24	38	3
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2

	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