Climate averages 1991–2020
El Bayadh weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th 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 El Bayadh: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aflou (111 km away). In May its highs average 23.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than El Bayadh, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Bayadh ranks joint 28th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; El Bayadh is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 9.8 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
El Bayadh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 20 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 19 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 24 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 28 | 5.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 21 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 9.8 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.9 | 1.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 11 | 3.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 10.010 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
May in nearby cities
- Aflou in MayAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Saïda in MayAlgeria · 150 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Laghouat in MayAlgeria · 171 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Sougueur in MayAlgeria · 173 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Tiaret in MayAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Mascara in MayAlgeria · 207 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in MayAlgeria · 226 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Relizane in MayAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 28 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 El Bayadh) is explained once on the El Bayadh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.