Climate averages 1991–2020
Souk Ahras weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Souk Ahras: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelma (51 km away). In August its highs average 34.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Souk Ahras, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Souk Ahras ranks joint 30th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 55th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Souk Ahras is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 48 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
Souk Ahras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 68 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 68 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 58 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 28 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 11 | 3.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 27 | 6.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 48 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 54 | 8.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 53 | 9.3 | 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
- Guelma in AugustAlgeria · 51 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Annaba in AugustAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 99 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- El Khroub in AugustAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Skikda in AugustAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Constantine in AugustAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 19 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 Souk Ahras) is explained once on the Souk Ahras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.