Batna, Algeria uses Africa/Algiers, currently CET (UTC+01:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Batna is a city in Algeria, home to around 289,500 people. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Batna lies in the Aurès mountains of northeastern Algeria at considerable altitude, which gives it cold winters and a mountain character. The town is a garrison and university centre, laid out in a French colonial grid.
Timgad, a Roman colonial town founded by Trajan and preserved as an almost complete grid of streets, arches and a theatre, lies east of the city and is a World Heritage site of exceptional clarity. Lambaesis with its Roman legionary camp is nearby, and the Aurès mountains and their Chaoui Berber villages surround the town.
Taxis and buses cover the town, and reaching Timgad takes around an hour by road. The mountain roads are winding and can be affected by snow in winter.
Spring and autumn are much the most comfortable for the ruins and the mountains. Summers are hot and dry at midday, and winters at this altitude are genuinely cold with snow.
Algeria uses the DZD, calling code +213.
Algeria uses the dinar, and Arabic is official with Chaoui Berber spoken in the Aurès and French widely used. Cash is essential as international cards are generally not accepted.
