Climate averages 1991–2020
Skikda weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 4th 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 Skikda: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Constantine (63 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Skikda, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Skikda ranks joint 51st of 55 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Skikda is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 7.3 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Constantine in MayAlgeria · 63 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Guelma in MayAlgeria · 65 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 53 mm rain
- El Khroub in MayAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Annaba in MayAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Jijel in MayAlgeria · 102 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in MayAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MayAlgeria · 128 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- El Eulma in MayAlgeria · 135 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 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.