Climate averages 1991–2020
Sétif weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sétif: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Eulma (25 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Sétif, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sétif ranks 51st of 55 for the warmest August highs and 53rd of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Sétif is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 47 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
Sétif climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 57 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 24 | 6.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 11 | 4.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 24 | 7.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 9.710 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 Eulma in AugustAlgeria · 25 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in AugustAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Béjaïa in AugustAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 15 mm rain
- El Achir in AugustAlgeria · 72 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Jijel in AugustAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Barika in AugustAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- M'Sila in AugustAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Batna in AugustAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 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 Sétif) is explained once on the Sétif year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.