Tindouf, Algeria climate

BWh Hot desert

Tindouf has a seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 112°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 45°F at night. Precipitation totals about 3 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — October alone averages 0.5 inches while July barely receives 0.02 inches.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 112°F in July.

About 116 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 45°F in January.

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 3 in of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Sunny

Clear skies most days.

+1.8 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Tindouf climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	70	74	83	89	94	103	112	109	100	90	79	71
Avg temp (°F)	58	61	68	73	78	86	96	94	86	78	66	59
Avg low (°F)	45	49	54	58	63	70	80	80	73	65	53	47
Precipitation (in)	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	70	74	83	89	94	103
Avg temp (°F)	58	61	68	73	78	86
Avg low (°F)	45	49	54	58	63	70
Precipitation (in)	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	112	109	100	90	79	71
Avg temp (°F)	96	94	86	78	66	59
Avg low (°F)	80	80	73	65	53	47
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	1	0.8	0.5
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.1	4	9	14	19	19	20	18	12	2	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.3
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.1	4	9	14	19
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.3	1.0	0.8	1	0.8	0.5
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	19	20	18	12	2	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	—

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	24	23	23	25	25	21	27	32	31	31	26	25
Relative humidity (%)	47	42	38	37	35	32	22	23	34	39	43	50
Wind speed (mph)	6.4	6.9	7.6	8.7	9.3	9.6	8.1	7.8	8.2	7.0	6.2	6.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	24	23	23	25	25	21
Relative humidity (%)	47	42	38	37	35	32
Wind speed (mph)	6.4	6.9	7.6	8.7	9.3	9.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	27	32	31	31	26	25
Relative humidity (%)	22	23	34	39	43	50
Wind speed (mph)	8.1	7.8	8.2	7.0	6.2	6.2

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 18 years of daily observations at Tindouf, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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