Climate averages 1991–2020
Skikda weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Skikda: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Constantine (63 km away). In August its highs average 33.8°C, 3.8°C warmer than Skikda, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Skikda ranks 54th of 55 for the warmest August highs and joint 20th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Skikda is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.5 mm to 34 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
Skikda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 113 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 75 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 54 | 8.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.5 | 1.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 66 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 116 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 121 | 12.7 | 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
- Constantine in AugustAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Guelma in AugustAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- El Khroub in AugustAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Annaba in AugustAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Jijel in AugustAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in AugustAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- El Eulma in AugustAlgeria · 135 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 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 Skikda) is explained once on the Skikda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.