Climate averages 1991–2020
Aflou weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Aflou: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (78 km away). In August its highs average 36.7°C, 4.4°C warmer than Aflou, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Aflou ranks 43rd of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 39th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Aflou is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aflou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 18 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 25 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 4.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 32 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Laghouat in AugustAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- El Bayadh in AugustAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Djelfa in AugustAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Messaad in AugustAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Sougueur in AugustAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in AugustAlgeria · 136 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Tiaret in AugustAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in AugustAlgeria · 166 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 7.4 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aflou) is explained once on the Aflou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.