Climate averages 1991–2020
Touggourt weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Touggourt: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Oued (79 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Touggourt, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Touggourt ranks joint 4th of 55 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 55 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 55 cities is 25.6°C; Touggourt is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.1 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- El Oued in MayAlgeria · 79 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Ouargla in MayAlgeria · 147 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Rouissat in MayAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Biskra in MayAlgeria · 196 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in MayAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MayAlgeria · 258 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Barika in MayAlgeria · 261 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Messaad in MayAlgeria · 264 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 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.