Climate averages 1991–2020
Maghnia weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 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 Maghnia: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oujda (25 km away). In August its highs average 33.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Maghnia, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Maghnia ranks 34th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 23rd of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Maghnia is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 24 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
Maghnia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 48 | 7.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 37 | 5.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 8.2 | 2.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 36 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Oujda in AugustMorocco · 25 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Tlemcen in AugustAlgeria · 38 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Berkane in AugustMorocco · 55 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Aïn Temouchent in AugustAlgeria · 73 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Sidi Bel Abbes in AugustAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Nador in AugustMorocco · 115 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Taourirt in AugustMorocco · 118 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Melilla in AugustSpain · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.5 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 Maghnia) is explained once on the Maghnia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.