Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in El Oued: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In February its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks joint 5th of 55 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 55 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 55 cities is 14.5°C; El Oued is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.3 mm to 8.0 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Touggourt in FebruaryAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in FebruaryAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Biskra in FebruaryAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Ouargla in FebruaryAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Rouissat in FebruaryAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Gafsa in FebruaryTunisia · 213 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Khenchela in FebruaryAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Feriana in FebruaryTunisia · 236 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 15 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.