Climate averages 1991–2020
Laghouat weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Laghouat: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Messaad (71 km away). In August its highs average 36.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Laghouat, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Laghouat ranks joint 8th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Laghouat is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 22 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
Laghouat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 12 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 16 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 12 | 2.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 36.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 7.1 | 2.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.010 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
- Messaad in AugustAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Aflou in AugustAlgeria · 78 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Djelfa in AugustAlgeria · 104 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in AugustAlgeria · 142 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in AugustAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- El Bayadh in AugustAlgeria · 171 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in AugustAlgeria · 184 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in AugustAlgeria · 197 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 13 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 Laghouat) is explained once on the Laghouat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.