Climate averages 1991–2020
Chlef weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Chlef: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khemis Miliana (80 km away). In May its highs average 25.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Chlef, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Chlef ranks joint 15th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 27th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Chlef is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 7.0 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Khemis Miliana in MayAlgeria · 80 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Relizane in MayAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Tiaret in MayAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Sougueur in MayAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MayAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Médéa in MayAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Mascara in MayAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Blida in MayAlgeria · 138 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 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.