Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 El Oued: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In August its highs average 39.2°C, about as warm as El Oued, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks 4th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; El Oued is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.7 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
El Oued climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.6 | 1.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 36.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 39.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 39.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.7 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 8.3 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 16.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Touggourt in AugustAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AugustAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Biskra in AugustAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ouargla in AugustAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rouissat in AugustAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Gafsa in AugustTunisia · 213 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Feriana in AugustTunisia · 236 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 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 Oued) is explained once on the El Oued year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.