Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in El Oued: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks joint 10th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; El Oued is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.9 mm to 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Touggourt in JanuaryAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in JanuaryAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Biskra in JanuaryAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Ouargla in JanuaryAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Rouissat in JanuaryAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Gafsa in JanuaryTunisia · 213 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Khenchela in JanuaryAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Feriana in JanuaryTunisia · 236 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 19 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.