Ouargla, Algeria climate

BWh Hot desert

Ouargla has a seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 111°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 41°F at night. Precipitation totals about 2 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 0.4 inches while July barely receives 0.00 inches.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 111°F in July.

About 104 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Cool

Lows near 41°F in January.

About 2 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 2 in of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Sunny

Clear skies most days.

+0.6 °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)

Ouargla climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	64	69	79	87	96	105	111	108	100	90	76	67
Avg temp (°F)	53	57	65	73	82	91	96	95	87	77	63	55
Avg low (°F)	41	44	51	60	68	77	82	81	75	63	51	42
Precipitation (in)	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	64	69	79	87	96	105
Avg temp (°F)	53	57	65	73	82	91
Avg low (°F)	41	44	51	60	68	77
Precipitation (in)	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	111	108	100	90	76	67
Avg temp (°F)	96	95	87	77	63	55
Avg low (°F)	82	81	75	63	51	42
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.9	0.3	1	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1	1	1	0.7
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.2	2	7	14	18	19	19	16	9	0.3	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	1.0	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.9	0.3	1	0.9	0.6	0.3
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	0.2	2	7	14	18
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	1.0	0.2	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.2	0.3	1	1	1	0.7
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	19	19	16	9	0.3	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.3

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	23	23	26	28	30	18	11	13	27	29	25	24
Relative humidity (%)	60	50	41	33	28	22	19	21	31	39	49	60
Wind speed (mph)	5.7	6.2	6.9	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.1	6.7	6.8	6.1	5.7	5.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	23	23	26	28	30	18
Relative humidity (%)	60	50	41	33	28	22
Wind speed (mph)	5.7	6.2	6.9	7.5	7.6	7.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	11	13	27	29	25	24
Relative humidity (%)	19	21	31	39	49	60
Wind speed (mph)	7.1	6.7	6.8	6.1	5.7	5.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 18 years of daily observations at Ouargla, a weather station, about 9 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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