Climate averages 1991–2020
M'Sila weather
in August.
A very hot, very 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 very hot month in M'Sila: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Achir (40 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 3.9°C cooler than M'Sila, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, M'Sila ranks joint 8th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; M'Sila is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.7 mm to 23 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
M'Sila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 23 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 37.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 36.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 24 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 20 | 4.8 | 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
- El Achir in AugustAlgeria · 40 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in AugustAlgeria · 45 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in AugustAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Barika in AugustAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Sétif in AugustAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 24 mm rain
- El Eulma in AugustAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in AugustAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Béjaïa in AugustAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 15 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 M'Sila) is explained once on the M'Sila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.