Mécheria is a city situated in Naâma Province, Algeria in the Atlas mountains, capital of Mécheria District, known for its cold winter and livestock life. As of 2020, it had a population of around 120,000, making it the most populous commune in the province.
Mécheria بلدية المشرية | |
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| Commune of Mécheria | |
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 Location of Mécheria within Naâma Province | |
  Mécheria Location of Mécheria within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 33°33′N 0°17′W / 33.550°N 0.283°W | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Naâma |
| District | Mécheria (seat) |
| Elevation | 1,180 m (3,870 ft) |
| Population (Census 2020) | |
| • Total | 120,312 |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 45100 |
| ONS code | 4502 |
Current President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune was born here in 1945.
Transport
Air
Mécheria Airport is a military airport in Mécheria.
Railway
Mecheria is served by a narrow gauge railway from Mohammadia, however, replacing it with a standard gauge line has been proposed.
Climate
In Mecheria, there is a local steppe climate. Rainfall is higher in winter than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWk. The average annual temperature in Mecheria is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). About 268 mm (10.55 in) of precipitation falls annually.
On 28 January 2005, Mécheria recorded a temperature of −13.8 °C (7.2 °F), which is the lowest temperature to have ever been recorded in Algeria.[1]
| Climate data for Mecheria (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.6 (90.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 41.2 (106.2) | 43.5 (110.3) | 42.4 (108.3) | 38.6 (101.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 43.5 (110.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 32.4 (90.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 7.9 (46.2) | 17.1 (62.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 10.8 (51.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.8 (7.2) | −7.0 (19.4) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | −2.5 (27.5) | −6.2 (20.8) | −13.8 (7.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.6 (0.65) | 17.5 (0.69) | 26.6 (1.05) | 24.7 (0.97) | 17.5 (0.69) | 8.4 (0.33) | 5.6 (0.22) | 13.4 (0.53) | 26.4 (1.04) | 33.1 (1.30) | 27.8 (1.09) | 16.2 (0.64) | 233.8 (9.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 39.3 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
