Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa 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 Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 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 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 7th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Ghardaïa is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to 1.4 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Laghouat in MayAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Ouargla in MayAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Rouissat in MayAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Messaad in MayAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Aflou in MayAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Touggourt in MayAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Djelfa in MayAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 30 mm rain
- El Bayadh in MayAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.1°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 Ghardaïa) is explained once on the Ghardaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.