Climate averages 1991–2020
Tizi Ouzou weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tizi Ouzou: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rouiba (68 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tizi Ouzou, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tizi Ouzou ranks joint 39th of 55 for the warmest May highs and joint 51st of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Tizi Ouzou is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 11 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
Tizi Ouzou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 111 | 12.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 81 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 11 | 2.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 8.5 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 60 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 102 | 12.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 109 | 11.3 | 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
- Rouiba in MayAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Bab Ezzouar in MayAlgeria · 77 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Algiers in MayAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 43 mm rain
- El Achir in MayAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Béjaïa in MayAlgeria · 93 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in MayAlgeria · 96 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Beni Mered in MayAlgeria · 108 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Blida in MayAlgeria · 112 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 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 Tizi Ouzou) is explained once on the Tizi Ouzou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.