Climate averages 1991–2020
Biskra weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Biskra: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (68 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 3.2°C cooler than Biskra, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Biskra ranks 8th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Biskra is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.4 mm to 2.2 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
Biskra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 7.7 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 16 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 6.4 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 36.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 14.514 h |
| July | 39.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 38.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 2.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Barika in MayAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Batna in MayAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 57 mm rain
- M'Sila in MayAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 145 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in MayAlgeria · 147 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Sétif in MayAlgeria · 152 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MayAlgeria · 162 kmHigh 23.9°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 Biskra) is explained once on the Biskra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.