Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamanghasset weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Tamanghasset: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (490 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, 7.7°C warmer than Tamanghasset, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tamanghasset ranks 1st of 55 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 55 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 55 cities is 13.3°C; Tamanghasset is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.0 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Arlit in JanuaryNiger · 490 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Agadez in JanuaryNiger · 696 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 0 mm rain
- El Oued in JanuaryAlgeria · 1183 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Djelfa in JanuaryAlgeria · 1340 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Biskra in JanuaryAlgeria · 1342 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Batna in JanuaryAlgeria · 1421 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Tébessa in JanuaryAlgeria · 1426 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Sétif in JanuaryAlgeria · 1491 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 58 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.