Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamanghasset weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tamanghasset: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (490 km away). In May its highs average 41.7°C, 8.0°C warmer than Tamanghasset, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tamanghasset ranks joint 1st of 55 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Tamanghasset is 8.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.7 mm to 1.5 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Arlit in MayNiger · 490 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Agadez in MayNiger · 696 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- El Oued in MayAlgeria · 1183 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Djelfa in MayAlgeria · 1340 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Biskra in MayAlgeria · 1342 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Batna in MayAlgeria · 1421 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Tébessa in MayAlgeria · 1426 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Sétif in MayAlgeria · 1491 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 57 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.