Climate averages 1991–2020
Sétif weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sétif: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Eulma (25 km away). In May its highs average 22.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sétif, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sétif ranks 55th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 51st of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Sétif is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 25 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MayAlgeria · 60 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Béjaïa in MayAlgeria · 69 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 53 mm rain
- El Achir in MayAlgeria · 72 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Jijel in MayAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Barika in MayAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 18 mm rain
- M'Sila in MayAlgeria · 95 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Batna in MayAlgeria · 98 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 57 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.