Climate averages 1991–2020
Aflou weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Aflou: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (78 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 5.1°C warmer than Aflou, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Aflou ranks joint 41st of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 17th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Aflou is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Laghouat in MayAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 12 mm rain
- El Bayadh in MayAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Djelfa in MayAlgeria · 123 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Messaad in MayAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Sougueur in MayAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in MayAlgeria · 136 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Tiaret in MayAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in MayAlgeria · 166 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 25 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.