Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In August its highs average 36.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 6th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Ghardaïa is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 7.8 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
Ghardaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 7.8 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 10.110 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
- Laghouat in AugustAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Ouargla in AugustAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rouissat in AugustAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Messaad in AugustAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Aflou in AugustAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Touggourt in AugustAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Djelfa in AugustAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- El Bayadh in AugustAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 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 Ghardaïa) is explained once on the Ghardaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.