Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tlemcen
Tlemcen climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest May · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation405 mm59 wet days a year
34.88° N, 1.31° WElevation 811 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goTlemcen · weather score
Best timeMay · Oct–Nov
October: high / low24° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tlemcen has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 33° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 405 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (60 mm, 10 wet days) and August the driest (5 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in July to 30% in March.
Compared with Algiers, the capital, Tlemcen is 1.8° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · August
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 50 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 | 14° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 29° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 14° |
| Average low | 2° | 3° | 5° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 52 mm | 60 mm | 41 mm | 36 mm | 9 mm | 4 mm | 5 mm | 24 mm | 34 mm | 48 mm | 40 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.3 | 3.8 | 10 | 7.7 | 5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 29% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 12% | 14% | 24% | 28% | 29% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 04 | 10h 56 | 11h 56 | 13h 03 | 13h 59 | 14h 29 | 14h 17 | 13h 29 | 12h 25 | 11h 21 | 10h 21 | 9h 50 |
| Month score | 62 | 74 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 79 | 62 | 61 | 73 | 92 | 88 | 63 |
ivMonth by month
Tlemcen in every month
January62
14° / 2°
52 mm · 6.3 wet days
February74
15° / 3°
52 mm · 3.8 wet days
March75
18° / 5°
60 mm · 10 wet days
April82
20° / 6°
41 mm · 7.7 wet days
May88
24° / 10°
36 mm · 5 wet days
June79
29° / 14°
9 mm · 2.2 wet days
July62
33° / 17°
4 mm · 1.8 wet days
August61
33° / 18°
5 mm · 1.5 wet days
September73
29° / 15°
24 mm · 5 wet days
October92
24° / 11°
34 mm · 3.2 wet days
November88
18° / 6°
48 mm · 4.3 wet days
December63
14° / 4°
40 mm · 7.8 wet days