Climate averages 1991–2020
El Oued weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in El Oued: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Touggourt (79 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as El Oued, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, El Oued ranks 4th of 55 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 55 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 55 cities is 24.3°C; El Oued is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 8.3 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Touggourt in OctoberAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in OctoberAlgeria · 190 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Biskra in OctoberAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ouargla in OctoberAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Rouissat in OctoberAlgeria · 213 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Gafsa in OctoberTunisia · 213 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Khenchela in OctoberAlgeria · 233 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Feriana in OctoberTunisia · 236 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 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.