Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In October its highs average 24.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks joint 6th of 55 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 55 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 55 cities is 24.3°C; Ghardaïa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 6.2 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Laghouat in OctoberAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Ouargla in OctoberAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Rouissat in OctoberAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Messaad in OctoberAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Aflou in OctoberAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Touggourt in OctoberAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Djelfa in OctoberAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- El Bayadh in OctoberAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 25 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.