Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 6th of 55 for the warmest September highs and 6th of 55 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 55 cities is 29.2°C; Ghardaïa is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.8 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Laghouat in SeptemberAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Ouargla in SeptemberAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Rouissat in SeptemberAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Messaad in SeptemberAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Aflou in SeptemberAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Touggourt in SeptemberAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Djelfa in SeptemberAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 36 mm rain
- El Bayadh in SeptemberAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 24 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.