Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 39.5°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In July its highs average 37.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 6th of 55 for the warmest July highs and 11th of 55 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 55 cities is 34.5°C; Ghardaïa is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 2.2 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Laghouat in JulyAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Ouargla in JulyAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Rouissat in JulyAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Messaad in JulyAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Aflou in JulyAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Touggourt in JulyAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Djelfa in JulyAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- El Bayadh in JulyAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.9 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.