Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamanghasset weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Tamanghasset: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (490 km away). In August its highs average 39.3°C, 4.6°C warmer than Tamanghasset, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tamanghasset ranks 20th of 55 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Tamanghasset is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 mm to 1.8 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
Tamanghasset climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 35.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 33.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 10.811 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
- Arlit in AugustNiger · 490 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Agadez in AugustNiger · 696 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 37 mm rain
- El Oued in AugustAlgeria · 1183 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Djelfa in AugustAlgeria · 1340 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Biskra in AugustAlgeria · 1342 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Batna in AugustAlgeria · 1421 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 1426 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Sétif in AugustAlgeria · 1491 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 24 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 Tamanghasset) is explained once on the Tamanghasset year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.