Climate averages 1991–2020
Batna weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Batna: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (76 km away). In August its highs average 35.9°C, 3.7°C warmer than Batna, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Batna ranks joint 44th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 54th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Batna is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 46 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
Batna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 31 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 57 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 28 | 6.8 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 46 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 38 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.810 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
- Barika in AugustAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- El Eulma in AugustAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Biskra in AugustAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 18 mm rain
- El Khroub in AugustAlgeria · 92 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Constantine in AugustAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Sétif in AugustAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 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 Batna) is explained once on the Batna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.