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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tamanrasset
Tamanrasset climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Nov
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation52 mm18 wet days a year
22.79° N, 5.52° EElevation 1,372 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goTamanrasset · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Nov
October: high / low29° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tamanrasset has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 35° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 52 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (9 mm, 6 wet days) and February the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in July to 21% in December.
Compared with Algiers, the capital, Tamanrasset is 7.4° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · June
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 45 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 22° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 35° | 35° | 35° | 33° | 29° | 24° | 20° |
| Average low | 6° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 4 mm | 9 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 21% |
| Daylight | 10h 53 | 11h 24 | 12h 00 | 12h 40 | 13h 14 | 13h 31 | 13h 24 | 12h 56 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 03 | 10h 45 |
| Month score | 100 | 100 | 98 | 78 | 62 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 57 | 82 | 100 | 100 |
ivMonth by month
Tamanrasset in every month
January100
19° / 6°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
February100
22° / 8°
2 mm · 0 wet days
March98
25° / 12°
7 mm · 0.3 wet days
April78
30° / 16°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
May62
33° / 20°
2 mm · 1.2 wet day
June53
35° / 23°
8 mm · 2.3 wet days
July51
35° / 23°
4 mm · 3 wet days
August47
35° / 23°
9 mm · 5.5 wet days
September57
33° / 21°
6 mm · 4.2 wet days
October82
29° / 17°
6 mm · 0.7 wet day
November100
24° / 12°
2 mm · 0 wet days
December100
20° / 8°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days