Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidi Bel Abbes weather
in August.
A very 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 very hot month in Sidi Bel Abbes: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.0 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 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aïn Temouchent (48 km away). In August its highs average 32.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Sidi Bel Abbes, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sidi Bel Abbes ranks 21st of 55 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Sidi Bel Abbes is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 19 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
Sidi Bel Abbes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 56 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 48 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 52 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 47 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 30 | 4.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 34.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.0 | 1.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 33 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 58 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 46 | 7.7 | 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
- Aïn Temouchent in AugustAlgeria · 48 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Oran in AugustAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Tlemcen in AugustAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Mascara in AugustAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Saïda in AugustAlgeria · 82 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Mostaganem in AugustAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Maghnia in AugustAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Relizane in AugustAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 5.3 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 Sidi Bel Abbes) is explained once on the Sidi Bel Abbes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.