Climate and average weather in Oum el Bouaghi

In Oum el Bouaghi, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Oum el Bouaghi typically varies from 3°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 0°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 Oum el Bouaghi for warm-weather activities are from early April to mid June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
May
46 mm
Driest
Jul
10 mm
Rain / yr
401 mm
85 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
925 m
35.9°N
Clearest
Jul
20% cloud

Oum el Bouaghi is city in Algeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Oum el Bouaghi 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 mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Oum el Bouaghi, 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 9 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Oum el Bouaghi is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 19 to March 16, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Oum el Bouaghi is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan123
Feb134
Mar166
Apr198
May2412
Jun3017
Jul3320
Aug3320
Sep2817
Oct2313
Nov178
Dec135

How hot and cold Oum el Bouaghi 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, Oum el Bouaghi feels like about 34°C (around July 25). About 60 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)
Jan111213
Feb131314
Mar161636
Apr191978
May24241212
Jun30301717
Jul33332020
Aug33332020
Sep28281717
Oct23231313
Nov171768
Dec131325

Average hourly temperature in Oum el Bouaghi

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

Oum el Bouaghi 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° / 407.91.49.83.1
Feb13° / 377.91.310.63.6
Mar16° / 458.80.811.75.2
Apr19° / 468.80.212.96.4
May24° / 12°468013.97.4
Jun30° / 17°215.8014.46.0
Jul33° / 20°103.6014.24.2
Aug33° / 20°205.6013.44.3
Sep28° / 17°318.2012.26.5
Oct23° / 13°366.4011.17.5
Nov17° / 356.6010.15.7
Dec13° / 366.90.69.63.7

Chance of rain

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

Oum el Bouaghi gets about 401 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 4.9 months, from around Jan 10 to Jun 7, peaking in March at about 30% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 6.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 46 mm over about 8 wet days; July is the driest, with 10 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetMar 5 · 30%Jul 6 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan268
Feb288
Mar299
Apr299
May268
Jun206
Jul124
Aug196
Sep278
Oct216
Nov217
Dec227

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Oum el Bouaghi collects about 401 mm of rain across 85 wet days — roughly 33 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 46 mm, while July is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec403745464621102031363536
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4081
Feb3781
Mar4591
Apr4690
May4680
Jun2160
Jul1040
Aug2060
Sep3180
Oct3660
Nov3570
Dec3671

Snow in Oum el Bouaghi

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.

Oum el Bouaghi averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 18 to Mar 17 — about 3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.5 day of snow and an estimated 6 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 18 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan18
Feb16
Mar12
Apr02
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec12

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Oum el Bouaghi, 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 June 1 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around September 23. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 24 and lasts for 8.2 months, ending around May 31. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 50% 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 22 · 97%Jan 24 · 49%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb5446
Mar5743
Apr5743
May6436
Jun8020
Jul955
Aug9010
Sep7228
Oct6040
Nov5545
Dec5248

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 9, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:465:35
Feb10.67:276:06
Mar11.76:506:33
Apr12.96:056:59
May13.95:317:25
Jun14.45:197:44
Jul14.25:317:44
Aug13.45:557:17
Sep12.26:196:33
Oct11.16:445:49
Nov10.17:155:19
Dec9.67:405:15

Sunny days

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

Oum el Bouaghi averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.7 months, from around May 28 to Sep 16. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

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

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2227 daysDec 2310 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun19Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug23Bright
Sep15Mixed
Oct12Mixed
Nov11Mixed
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 Oum el Bouaghi, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around June 17 to October 1. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 21% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 2 to June 16, 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 19 · 100%Aug 24 · 77%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May891100
Jun653040
Jul5038110
Aug3445192
Sep4243150
Oct811810
Nov99100
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 Oum el Bouaghi is steady company: average speeds sit near 9 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeFeb 1 · 10 km/hAug 24 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Oum el Bouaghi

In seasonPeak

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

Oum el Bouaghi sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Oum el Bouaghi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early June, Oum el Bouaghi 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 times of year to visit Oum el Bouaghi for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to mid June and again from mid September to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 10 · 7.6

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
Jan3.1poor
Feb3.6fair
Mar5.2fair
Apr6.4good
May7.3good
Jun6.0good
Jul4.2fair
Aug4.4fair
Sep6.5good
Oct7.4good
Nov5.7good
Dec3.8fair

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 Oum el Bouaghi for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 19 · 7.9

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 Oum el Bouaghi, 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.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Oum el Bouaghi sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Oum el Bouaghi 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 Oum el Bouaghi peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 16UV 10Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Oum el Bouaghi

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
Feb4.50
Mar61
Apr6.52.5
May7.54
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov2.50
Dec00

Air quality in Oum el Bouaghi 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 Oum el Bouaghi is worst in October — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModeratePoorModerateOct 936 µg/m³Jul 1730 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr36Poor
May33Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Oum el Bouaghi is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan930
Feb940
Mar980
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec970

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. Oum el Bouaghi banks about 2,477 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar23
Apr111
May259
Jun398
Jul517
Aug505
Sep363
Oct237
Nov64
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.

Oum el Bouaghi receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 21. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 68% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 27.5 kWhDec 202.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.3Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov2.9Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Oum el Bouaghi?

Oum el Bouaghi sits at 35.9°N, 7.1°E, 925 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Aïn Fakroun, 24 km away.

Topography around Oum el Bouaghi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oum el Bouaghi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m around an average of 979 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 783 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,183 m.

The land around Oum el Bouaghi is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), grassland (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
599 m
16 km
783 m
80 km
2,183 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Aïn Fakroun 24 km · Aïn Beïda 27 km · Aïn Kercha 38 km · ’Aïn Abid 42 km · Kaïs 46 km · Sedrata 47 km · Khenchela 49 km · Oued Zenati 49 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 Oum el Bouaghi (35.8754°, 7.1135°, elevation 925 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).