Climate averages 1991–2020
M'Sila weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th 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 M'Sila: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Achir (40 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, 3.4°C cooler than M'Sila, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, M'Sila ranks joint 25th of 55 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 55 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 55 cities is 24.3°C; M'Sila is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 24 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- El Achir in OctoberAlgeria · 40 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in OctoberAlgeria · 45 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in OctoberAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Barika in OctoberAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Sétif in OctoberAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 44 mm rain
- El Eulma in OctoberAlgeria · 115 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Tizi Ouzou in OctoberAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Béjaïa in OctoberAlgeria · 126 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 71 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.