The wilaya of Oran has about 120 km of coast and a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry, sunny summers. The wilaya describes the plain of Bousfer and Les Andalouses as one of its two sandy beach coasts.
Coast and climate
The wilaya of Oran has about 120 km of coast and a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry, sunny summers. The wilaya describes the plain of Bousfer and Les Andalouses as one of its two sandy beach coasts.
The shore of Aïn El Turk is lined with beach quarters built in the early 20th century: Trouville, Saint-Germain, Bouisseville, Saint-Roch and Clairefontaine. Swimming is possible there until the middle of October. In 2025 Marsat El Hadjadj marked the eastern end of the wilaya's line of beaches authorised for swimming.
Wetlands
Four of the wilaya's wetlands are on the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance, among them the Macta marshes. Parts of the Macta marshes lie in Bethioua and in Marsat El Hadjadj.
Dayet Oum Ghellaz, a lake of about 300 ha, lies in Oued Tlelat.
Natural places
The wilaya's natural places include the Grande Sebkha, Lake Telamine, the Arzew salt flats and Île Plane, off the daira of Aïn El Turk.
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