Climate averages 1991–2020
Khenchela weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Khenchela: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aïn Beïda (46 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Khenchela, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Khenchela ranks 50th of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Khenchela is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Khenchela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 43 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 37 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 20 | 4.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 32.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 10 | 3.3 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 18 | 5.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 31 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 28 | 5.7 | 9.810 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
August in nearby cities
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 46 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Batna in AugustAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- El Khroub in AugustAlgeria · 101 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AugustAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Constantine in AugustAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Guelma in AugustAlgeria · 117 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in AugustAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 27 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 Khenchela) is explained once on the Khenchela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.