Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa 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 Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.9 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 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In January its highs average 13.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks joint 16th of 55 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Ghardaïa is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.9 mm to 3.5 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
Ghardaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Laghouat in JanuaryAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Ouargla in JanuaryAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Rouissat in JanuaryAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Messaad in JanuaryAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Aflou in JanuaryAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Touggourt in JanuaryAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Djelfa in JanuaryAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- El Bayadh in JanuaryAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 20 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.