Climate averages 1991–2020
Bir el Ater weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Bir el Ater: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (51 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Bir el Ater, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Bir el Ater ranks 35th of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 30th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Bir el Ater is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 24 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
Bir el Ater climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 25 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.9 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 33.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 10 | 2.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 21 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 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
- Feriana in AugustTunisia · 51 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gafsa in AugustTunisia · 75 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kasserine in AugustTunisia · 85 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in AugustAlgeria · 172 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 27 mm rain
- El Oued in AugustAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.9 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 Bir el Ater) is explained once on the Bir el Ater year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.