Climate averages 1991–2020
Chlef weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Chlef: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khemis Miliana (80 km away). In August its highs average 35.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Chlef, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Chlef ranks 12th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Chlef is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 23 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
Chlef climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 52 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 19.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 50 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 35 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 23 | 4.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 37 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 64 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 49 | 8.0 | 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
- Khemis Miliana in AugustAlgeria · 80 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Relizane in AugustAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tiaret in AugustAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Sougueur in AugustAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Mostaganem in AugustAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Médéa in AugustAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Mascara in AugustAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Blida in AugustAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 10 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 Chlef) is explained once on the Chlef year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.