Is Algiers hot in January?
Days are typically cool at 17.1°C, while nights average 5°C.
Algeria · 1991–2020 normal
Algiers in
January.
Typical January weather in Algiers: 17.1°C by day, 5°C at night, 100 mm of rain over 9.8 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high17.1°C
Typical low5°C
Rain100 mm
Wet days9.8
In the year-round weather comparison, January scores 44 out of 100 (May leads the year at 87). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 54 from latitude 36.73°. Open-water sea temperature is 15.5°C (16 km from the place centre).
January at a glance
What is Algiers like in January?
Plain answers from the measured climate record—not a forecast or a promise about a particular trip.
Does it rain much?
The measured monthly average is 100 mm across about 10 wet days.
How much daylight is there?
There are about 9 h 54 between sunrise and sunset at mid-month, calculated from the place latitude.
Is January a good time to visit?
January ranks 12 of 12 in our weather comparison; May ranks first.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2507480
- NOAA station
- AG000060390 · ALGER-DAR EL BEIDA
- Station distance
- 14.6 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 23 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.
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