Climate averages 1991–2020
Touggourt weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Touggourt: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Oued (79 km away). In August its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Touggourt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Touggourt ranks 3rd of 55 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 55 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 55 cities is 34.2°C; Touggourt is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.0 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
Touggourt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 11 | 1.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 7.4 | 1.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 39.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 39.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 34.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.0 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.0 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 10.010 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
- El Oued in AugustAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Ouargla in AugustAlgeria · 147 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rouissat in AugustAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Biskra in AugustAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in AugustAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AugustAlgeria · 258 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Barika in AugustAlgeria · 261 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Messaad in AugustAlgeria · 264 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.4 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 Touggourt) is explained once on the Touggourt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.