Sidi Bel Abbes weather in February

In February, Sidi Bel Abbes sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 7.5 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Sidi Bel Abbes's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sidi Bel Abbes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 47 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:57 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Sidi Bel Abbes is City in Algeria.

Density: 23/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1849

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical February day in Sidi Bel Abbes reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How February really feels in Sidi Bel Abbes

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.

Sidi Bel Abbes weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	56	8.6	9.9	5.0
Feb	16° / 7°	47	7.5	10.7	5.5
Mar	19° / 8°	52	7.4	11.7	6.6
Apr	21° / 10°	47	7.2	12.9	7.2
May	25° / 14°	30	4.7	13.8	7.9
Jun	30° / 18°	9	1.8	14.3	6.7
Jul	34° / 21°	1	0.4	14.1	4.3
Aug	34° / 21°	5	1.5	13.3	4.1
Sep	29° / 18°	19	3.7	12.2	6.4
Oct	25° / 14°	33	5.7	11.1	7.7
Nov	19° / 10°	58	7.9	10.1	6.6
Dec	16° / 7°	46	7.7	9.7	5.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	36	36	37	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Sidi Bel Abbes gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 7.5 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	26
7	26
8	26
9	25
10	25
11	25
12	25
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	27
20	27
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29

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 10 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 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 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:50 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:42
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:09	6:24
2	10.3	8:08	6:25
3	10.3	8:07	6:26
4	10.3	8:06	6:27
5	10.4	8:06	6:28
6	10.4	8:05	6:29
7	10.4	8:04	6:30
8	10.5	8:03	6:31
9	10.5	8:02	6:32
10	10.5	8:01	6:33
11	10.6	8:01	6:34
12	10.6	8:00	6:35
13	10.6	7:59	6:36
14	10.6	7:58	6:37
15	10.7	7:57	6:38
16	10.7	7:56	6:39
17	10.7	7:55	6:39
18	10.8	7:54	6:40
19	10.8	7:53	6:41
20	10.8	7:51	6:42
21	10.9	7:50	6:43
22	10.9	7:49	6:44
23	11.0	7:48	6:45
24	11.0	7:47	6:46
25	11.0	7:46	6:47
26	11.1	7:44	6:48
27	11.1	7:43	6:49
28	11.1	7:42	6:50

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.83 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)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Sidi Bel Abbes

In seasonPeak

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

Sidi Bel Abbes sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Sidi Bel Abbes?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Sidi Bel Abbes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sidi Bel Abbes in February

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

In February, Sidi Bel Abbes sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Sidi Bel Abbes 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 66 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 8 to Nov 1 — about 4.8 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	16	17	18	21	23	25	24	21	19	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	23	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Sidi Bel Abbes in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sidi Bel Abbes peaks around July 19 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	8	9	8	10	9	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sidi Bel Abbes 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 Sidi Bel Abbes is worst in March — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	21	27	28	24	20	20	25	27	28	27	23	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sidi Bel Abbes?

Sidi Bel Abbes sits at 35.2°N, 0.6°W, 492 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is ’Aïn el Berd, 22 km away.

Topography around Sidi Bel Abbes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sidi Bel Abbes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 479 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,688 m.

The land around Sidi Bel Abbes is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

56 m

artificial surfaces 52%

16 km

617 m

cropland 82%

80 km

1,688 m

cropland 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Sidi Bel Abbes year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: ’Aïn el Berd 22 km · Sfizef 35 km · Hammam Bou Hadjar 37 km · El Malah 48 km · Aïn Temouchent 48 km · Sidi Abdelli 48 km · Ouled Mimoun 48 km · Bou Tlelis 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

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 Sidi Bel Abbes (35.1899°, -0.6309°, elevation 492 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	26
7	26
8	26
9	25
10	25
11	25
12	25
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	27
20	27
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	26
7	26
8	26
9	25
10	25
11	25
12	25
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	27
20	27
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	26
7	26
8	26
9	25
10	25
11	25
12	25
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	27
20	27
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29

	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