Climate averages 1991–2020
Sougueur weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Sougueur: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 9th 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 Tiaret (26 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Sougueur, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Sougueur ranks 47th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 36th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Sougueur is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 16 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
Sougueur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 40 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 39 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 47 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 48 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 16 | 3.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 9.0 | 3.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 4.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 33 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 36 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 39 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 34 | 7.1 | 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
- Tiaret in MayAlgeria · 26 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Relizane in MayAlgeria · 105 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Chlef in MayAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Mascara in MayAlgeria · 125 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Saïda in MayAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in MayAlgeria · 131 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Aflou in MayAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Khemis Miliana in MayAlgeria · 136 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 45 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 Sougueur) is explained once on the Sougueur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.