Oran
City in Algeria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
ORAN City & Coast: Benba.d.mourad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Oran is a city in Algeria. About 803,329 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Algeria in our atlas.
It lies at 35.70° N, 0.64° W, about 118 m (387 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Algiers time zone.
Location
Red dot: Oran. Green dots: other major cities of Algeria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Oran has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (45°F). Around 516 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AlgeriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sidi Bel Abbes · 57 km
- Blida · 324 km
- Algiers · 355 km
- Bab Ezzouar · 363 km
- Djelfa · 369 km
- Sétif · 548 km
- Biskra · 581 km
- Batna · 614 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2485926 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q131818 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- ORAN City & Coast: Benba.d.mourad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade Ahmed Zabana 2: Faycal.09, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade Habib Bouakeul - pelouse, gradin et virage ouest: Faycal.09, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palais du Bey (11): Bachounda, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musée national d'Oran: Maya-Anaïs Yataghène, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oran, Mobilar: Riad92, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oran Santa Cruz: Photographer and original uploader was Mecifi at fr.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace (2024): Faycal.09, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sheraton Oran Hotel algeria: موسى الوهراني at Arabic Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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