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Climate guideThirty-year normals for El Menia
El Menia climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation36 mm5 wet days a year
30.58° N, 2.88° EElevation 423 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goEl Menia · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low31° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
El Menia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 43° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 36 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (3 mm, 2 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in July to 19% in October.
Compared with Algiers, the capital, El Menia is 12° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 43° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- July · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 11 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 18° | 20° | 23° | 29° | 35° | 40° | 43° | 42° | 37° | 31° | 23° | 18° |
| Average low | 3° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 9° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 2 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 5 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 12% | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Daylight | 10h 23 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 54 | 13h 41 | 14h 07 | 13h 57 | 13h 16 | 12h 22 | 11h 28 | 10h 37 | 10h 11 |
| Month score | 97 | 100 | 99 | 78 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 74 | 99 | 99 |
ivMonth by month
El Menia in every month
January97
18° / 3°
6 mm · 0.2 wet days
February100
20° / 5°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
March99
23° / 9°
6 mm · 0.3 wet days
April78
29° / 14°
3 mm · 1.5 wet days
May58
35° / 19°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
June58
40° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July58
43° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
42° / 26°
1 mm · 0 wet days
September56
37° / 22°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
October74
31° / 16°
5 mm · 0.5 wet day
November99
23° / 9°
5 mm · 0.5 wet day
December99
18° / 4°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day