Climate averages 1991–2020
Batna weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Batna: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (76 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 4.1°C warmer than Batna, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Batna ranks 38th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 51st of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Batna is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 28 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Barika in MayAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 18 mm rain
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Biskra in MayAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- El Khroub in MayAlgeria · 92 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Constantine in MayAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Sétif in MayAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MayAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 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.