Climate averages 1991–2020
Constantine weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Constantine: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Khroub (13 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Constantine, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Constantine ranks joint 25th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 50th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Constantine is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 31 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
Constantine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.8 | 3.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 31 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 36 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- El Khroub in AugustAlgeria · 13 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Skikda in AugustAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Guelma in AugustAlgeria · 73 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- El Eulma in AugustAlgeria · 86 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Jijel in AugustAlgeria · 91 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Batna in AugustAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Sétif in AugustAlgeria · 109 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 24 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 Constantine) is explained once on the Constantine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.