Sétif weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇿 Algeria · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Sétif is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and October close behind. Sétif averages about 2,788 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,788
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 591 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈14 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 275k
- Elevation
- 1,009 m

When is the best time to visit Sétif?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sétif is June, then August and October. The dullest month is January (14/100, 73 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sétif?
Sétif gets a lot of sun: around 2,788 hours a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate June (92) from January (14), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 28 destinations in Algeria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,682 hours. The year's 591 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 73 mm | 2 |
| February | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 53 mm | 3 |
| March | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 59 mm | 5 |
| April | 77 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 64 mm | 6 |
| May | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 8 |
| June | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 21 mm | 9 |
| July | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| August | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 23 mm | 9 |
| September | 85 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 57 mm | 7 |
| October | 87 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 47 mm | 5 |
| November | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 60 mm | 3 |
| December | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 69 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Béjaïa Algeria · 64 km · best in Sep · 2,789 h sun/yr
- Constantine Algeria · 116 km · best in Jun · 2,839 h sun/yr
- Algiers Algeria · 198 km · best in Sep · 2,901 h sun/yr
- Annaba Algeria · 233 km · best in Jul · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Guemar Algeria · 325 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Mahón (Maó) Spain · 421 km · best in Jun · 2,818 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Jijel Algeria · 84 km · 2,789 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Batna Algeria · 100 km · 3,055 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Biskra Algeria · 158 km · 3,548 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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