Climate averages 1991–2020

El Bayadh 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.

Average high 33.4°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 11 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in El Bayadh · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in El Bayadh: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 11 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 24 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aflou (111 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than El Bayadh, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Bayadh ranks joint 30th of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 33rd of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; El Bayadh is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

El Bayadh climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for El Bayadh, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.4°C0.4°C0.4°C205.410.210 h
February 11.4°C1.2°C1.2°C195.011.011 h
March 15.3°C3.9°C3.9°C245.812.012 h
April 19.3°C6.7°C6.7°C285.213.013 h
May 24.6°C11.1°C11.1°C214.713.914 h
June 30.4°C15.9°C15.9°C9.83.014.314 h
July 34.6°C20.0°C20.0°C4.91.414.214 h
August, selected 33.4°C19.6°C19.6°C113.313.413 h
September 27.6°C15.2°C15.2°C245.312.412 h
October 21.2°C10.4°C10.4°C254.311.411 h
November 14.1°C4.8°C4.8°C223.910.410 h
December 10.2°C1.6°C1.6°C174.310.010 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

Distance from El Bayadh

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for El Bayadh) is explained once on the El Bayadh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.