Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidi Bel Abbes weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sidi Bel Abbes: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aïn Temouchent (48 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Sidi Bel Abbes, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sidi Bel Abbes ranks joint 22nd of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 23rd of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Sidi Bel Abbes is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 8.5 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Aïn Temouchent in MayAlgeria · 48 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Oran in MayAlgeria · 57 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Tlemcen in MayAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Mascara in MayAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Saïda in MayAlgeria · 82 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Mostaganem in MayAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Maghnia in MayAlgeria · 107 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Relizane in MayAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 28 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.