Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in El Oued: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks joint 4th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; El Oued is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 mm to 1.2 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 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Touggourt in MayAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MayAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Biskra in MayAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ouargla in MayAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Rouissat in MayAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gafsa in MayTunisia · 213 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Feriana in MayTunisia · 236 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 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.