Tamanghasset climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 28 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tamanghasset?

The hottest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2018, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tamanghasset?

The coldest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tamanghasset?

Almost never: Tamanghasset sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Tamanghasset warmed?

Yes: Tamanghasset warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tamanghasset?

The wettest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1961, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tamanghasset?

The windiest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2004, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tamanghasset?

The warmest month in Tamanghasset is June (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset receives on average 28 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tamanghasset (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 28 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is June (29.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Tamanghasset averages 1 frost days, 179 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 7 rainy days per year.

Tamanghasset has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 29 July 2018) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 4 January 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

TamanghassetTamanrasset Province

coords: 22.79°, 5.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

28mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

20%

Average peak wind

23.0km/h

Seasonal range

17.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

179 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

7 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

11.4 °C

Average peak gust

39.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

140 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.4 °C

29 July 2018

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

4 January 1945

Wettest day

35 mm

15 August 1961

Windiest day

51.8 km/h

19 April 2004

Strongest gust

82.1 km/h

19 April 2004

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

19 June 2019

Coldest feels-like

-10.4 °C

5 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.8 °C17 June 2025	3.1 °C17 January 2025	24.5 °C	20 mm	217	0
2024	39.4 °C26 May 2024	3.2 °C7 February 2024	24.5 °C	28 mm	208	0
2023	39.7 °C31 July 2023	2.7 °C29 January 2023	24.1 °C	12 mm	192	0
2022	37.9 °C4 July 2022	2.5 °C21 January 2022	23.5 °C	9 mm	190	0
2021	39.8 °C7 July 2021	4.9 °C21 January 2021	24.6 °C	3 mm	205	0
2020	39.9 °C13 June 2020	0.8 °C13 January 2020	24.2 °C	14 mm	205	0
2019	39.9 °C19 June 2019	1.7 °C15 January 2019	23.5 °C	19 mm	194	0
2018	40.4 °C29 July 2018	0.4 °C10 February 2018	24.0 °C	41 mm	210	0
2017	39.8 °C1 July 2017	1.7 °C6 January 2017	23.4 °C	18 mm	187	0
2016	39.0 °C18 June 2016	4.4 °C18 February 2016	24.3 °C	39 mm	199	0
2015	38.8 °C22 June 2015	-1.3 °C5 January 2015	23.1 °C	68 mm	195	1
2014	39.0 °C23 June 2014	0.4 °C29 December 2014	23.2 °C	13 mm	181	0
2013	39.3 °C11 June 2013	0.6 °C3 January 2013	23.1 °C	7 mm	204	0
2012	38.1 °C20 June 2012	-0.6 °C14 January 2012	22.9 °C	25 mm	190	2
2011	38.5 °C11 June 2011	0.2 °C28 December 2011	23.3 °C	21 mm	183	0
2010	39.6 °C24 June 2010	4.5 °C1 February 2010	24.5 °C	20 mm	225	0
2009	37.8 °C29 June 2009	0.1 °C23 January 2009	23.3 °C	19 mm	180	0
2008	38.5 °C18 June 2008	0.6 °C4 January 2008	22.8 °C	18 mm	182	0
2007	39.2 °C4 July 2007	1.7 °C22 January 2007	23.1 °C	25 mm	197	0
2006	38.1 °C19 August 2006	2.4 °C1 February 2006	23.0 °C	20 mm	189	0
2005	38.1 °C5 July 2005	-0.3 °C30 January 2005	23.2 °C	74 mm	206	1
2004	37.6 °C17 June 2004	-1.2 °C4 March 2004	23.1 °C	12 mm	192	1
2003	37.4 °C9 July 2003	0.0 °C28 December 2003	23.1 °C	22 mm	195	0
2002	38.1 °C11 July 2002	0.7 °C17 January 2002	23.1 °C	21 mm	174	0
2001	38.1 °C13 June 2001	1.6 °C12 February 2001	23.0 °C	2 mm	180	0
2000	38.5 °C13 July 2000	2.4 °C7 January 2000	22.6 °C	10 mm	197	0
1999	36.9 °C24 July 1999	1.3 °C6 February 1999	22.8 °C	12 mm	188	0
1998	38.1 °C12 June 1998	3.8 °C20 January 1998	23.3 °C	18 mm	198	0
1997	38.6 °C30 June 1997	4.0 °C26 January 1997	22.7 °C	20 mm	178	0
1996	38.7 °C23 June 1996	3.3 °C21 January 1996	23.1 °C	26 mm	178	0
1995	38.5 °C18 June 1995	0.1 °C11 January 1995	22.8 °C	20 mm	183	0
1994	37.7 °C2 September 1994	2.2 °C1 January 1994	22.4 °C	37 mm	168	0
1993	38.1 °C16 June 1993	-0.2 °C7 January 1993	22.6 °C	12 mm	184	2
1992	38.8 °C27 June 1992	1.8 °C27 January 1992	21.9 °C	15 mm	166	0
1991	38.5 °C19 June 1991	2.1 °C14 January 1991	22.4 °C	57 mm	182	0
1990	38.5 °C22 June 1990	1.5 °C22 January 1990	22.8 °C	10 mm	189	0
1989	37.6 °C8 June 1989	0.9 °C1 January 1989	22.4 °C	18 mm	176	0
1988	39.1 °C26 June 1988	1.0 °C23 December 1988	22.9 °C	36 mm	185	0
1987	38.6 °C19 July 1987	1.1 °C7 January 1987	23.1 °C	8 mm	180	0
1986	38.4 °C23 June 1986	-0.3 °C8 February 1986	22.2 °C	11 mm	183	1
1985	37.6 °C7 June 1985	-0.9 °C17 January 1985	22.0 °C	3 mm	160	1
1984	38.6 °C28 May 1984	-0.3 °C30 December 1984	21.9 °C	29 mm	176	2
1983	38.0 °C13 July 1983	1.8 °C28 January 1983	22.3 °C	21 mm	167	0
1982	36.7 °C5 July 1982	-0.2 °C24 January 1982	21.8 °C	23 mm	175	1
1981	37.5 °C19 July 1981	-0.1 °C16 January 1981	22.3 °C	19 mm	189	1
1980	39.0 °C28 June 1980	-0.2 °C19 December 1980	22.6 °C	12 mm	187	1
1979	38.9 °C30 June 1979	0.5 °C28 December 1979	22.4 °C	24 mm	181	0
1978	38.5 °C28 May 1978	3.5 °C20 January 1978	22.6 °C	52 mm	168	0
1977	38.5 °C1 August 1977	3.0 °C26 December 1977	22.4 °C	13 mm	174	0
1976	37.3 °C28 July 1976	0.6 °C12 January 1976	21.6 °C	44 mm	163	0
1975	37.2 °C17 June 1975	-0.1 °C21 January 1975	21.7 °C	21 mm	170	1
1974	37.5 °C22 June 1974	1.1 °C24 February 1974	21.5 °C	31 mm	169	0
1973	38.0 °C14 June 1973	2.3 °C25 January 1973	22.2 °C	7 mm	181	0
1972	37.5 °C8 July 1972	1.9 °C23 January 1972	21.9 °C	47 mm	160	0
1971	37.1 °C10 June 1971	2.4 °C8 January 1971	22.3 °C	27 mm	173	0
1970	38.4 °C17 June 1970	1.8 °C21 December 1970	22.6 °C	11 mm	176	0
1969	38.2 °C16 June 1969	2.4 °C31 January 1969	23.2 °C	58 mm	199	0
1968	37.3 °C18 August 1968	0.7 °C8 January 1968	22.1 °C	52 mm	163	0
1967	37.1 °C18 June 1967	1.4 °C15 January 1967	21.7 °C	56 mm	166	0
1966	37.7 °C28 July 1966	3.2 °C1 January 1966	22.5 °C	27 mm	166	0
1965	37.4 °C4 June 1965	-0.2 °C31 December 1965	21.7 °C	84 mm	162	1
1964	38.6 °C28 June 1964	1.0 °C9 January 1964	21.5 °C	30 mm	164	0
1963	37.3 °C13 June 1963	3.1 °C8 March 1963	22.0 °C	30 mm	157	0
1962	38.1 °C1 June 1962	0.6 °C6 February 1962	21.5 °C	62 mm	155	0
1961	37.9 °C14 June 1961	-2.4 °C29 January 1961	21.3 °C	43 mm	168	1
1960	36.2 °C8 July 1960	-3.7 °C27 December 1960	21.8 °C	22 mm	171	2
1959	37.0 °C1 June 1959	-0.8 °C18 December 1959	22.2 °C	19 mm	182	2
1958	38.8 °C15 July 1958	-1.0 °C30 December 1958	22.3 °C	25 mm	181	1
1957	35.9 °C28 June 1957	-1.2 °C6 January 1957	21.4 °C	93 mm	155	4
1956	37.0 °C1 July 1956	-0.2 °C24 December 1956	21.4 °C	41 mm	184	1
1955	37.3 °C4 August 1955	-0.6 °C28 December 1955	22.0 °C	16 mm	165	1
1954	37.0 °C13 July 1954	1.5 °C19 February 1954	21.3 °C	24 mm	153	0
1953	38.0 °C21 June 1953	-1.5 °C29 December 1953	21.6 °C	90 mm	170	3
1952	37.9 °C31 July 1952	-3.5 °C8 February 1952	21.3 °C	49 mm	172	6
1951	37.4 °C4 June 1951	0.4 °C13 January 1951	22.2 °C	53 mm	178	0
1950	36.4 °C18 July 1950	-1.5 °C15 January 1950	20.8 °C	12 mm	160	2
1949	37.7 °C3 July 1949	0.6 °C6 February 1949	21.5 °C	15 mm	160	0
1948	36.9 °C27 May 1948	0.7 °C16 January 1948	20.9 °C	27 mm	167	0
1947	36.9 °C2 September 1947	-2.6 °C1 January 1947	21.0 °C	150 mm	127	1
1946	37.1 °C22 May 1946	-2.3 °C30 December 1946	21.3 °C	2 mm	184	4
1945	37.2 °C8 July 1945	-4.2 °C4 January 1945	20.8 °C	8 mm	148	7
1944	38.8 °C24 June 1944	-1.1 °C5 January 1944	21.2 °C	23 mm	163	2
1943	35.2 °C8 July 1943	-1.8 °C26 January 1943	20.2 °C	31 mm	143	9
1942	35.5 °C17 June 1942	-0.9 °C31 December 1942	20.9 °C	8 mm	171	2
1941	38.3 °C5 June 1941	-1.2 °C1 January 1941	22.0 °C	9 mm	166	1
1940	38.6 °C24 June 1940	-0.4 °C28 January 1940	21.0 °C	8 mm	167	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

217 d/yr

+38

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

20 mm

-8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.1 °C	+2.4 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Feb	22.9 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+4.3 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	35.6 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jun	35.0 °C	-0.2 °C	5 mm	+2 mm
Jul	36.6 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	35.7 °C	+1.4 °C	5 mm	-2 mm
Sep	34.3 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.4 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	21.3 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

17 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.1 °C

17 Jan 2025

Wettest day

1.7 mm

1 Dec 2025

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

6 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

6 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

17 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

17 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 28 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tamanghasset?

The hottest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2018, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tamanghasset?

The coldest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Tamanghasset?

Almost never: Tamanghasset sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Tamanghasset warmed?

Yes: Tamanghasset warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tamanghasset?

The wettest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1961, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tamanghasset?

The windiest day measured in Tamanghasset between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2004, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tamanghasset?

The warmest month in Tamanghasset is June (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset receives on average 28 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tamanghasset?

Tamanghasset gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tamanghasset?

Yes: Tamanghasset has on average 140 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tamanghasset?

In Tamanghasset, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 19 June 2019, and the lowest was -10.4 °C on 5 January 1945.

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