Climate averages 1991–2020
Souk Ahras weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Souk Ahras: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guelma (51 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Souk Ahras, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Souk Ahras ranks joint 35th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 54th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Souk Ahras is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 28 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Guelma in MayAlgeria · 51 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Annaba in MayAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MayAlgeria · 74 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Tébessa in MayAlgeria · 99 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- El Khroub in MayAlgeria · 113 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Skikda in MayAlgeria · 114 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 119 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Constantine in MayAlgeria · 120 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 48 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.