Climate averages 1991–2020
Algiers weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Algiers: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bab Ezzouar (9 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Algiers, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Algiers ranks 49th of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 18th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Algiers is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 27 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
Algiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 81 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 68 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 8.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 5.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 58 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 89 | 11.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 80 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Bab Ezzouar in AugustAlgeria · 9 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Rouiba in AugustAlgeria · 17 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Beni Mered in AugustAlgeria · 31 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Blida in AugustAlgeria · 37 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Médéa in AugustAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in AugustAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in AugustAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in AugustAlgeria · 143 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 Algiers) is explained once on the Algiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.