Ouargla weather by month & the best time to visit

🇩🇿 Algeria · regional city · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Ouargla is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and October close behind. Ouargla averages about 3,754 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in March.

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Sun hours / year

3,754

Sunniest month

March

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

71 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

176k

Elevation

141 m

When is the best time to visit Ouargla?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ouargla is March, then April and October. The dullest month is July (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ouargla?

Ouargla is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,754 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 28 destinations in Algeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,682 hours. Rain is a non-event in Ouargla — about 71 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Hassi Messaoud Algeria · 74 km · best in Mar · 3,770 h sun/yr
• Guemar Algeria · 218 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
• Constantine Algeria · 497 km · best in Jun · 2,839 h sun/yr
• Béjaïa Algeria · 534 km · best in Sep · 2,789 h sun/yr
• Zarzis Tunisia · 546 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
• Algiers Algeria · 568 km · best in Sep · 2,901 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Touggourt Algeria · 143 km · 3,617 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Ghardaïa Algeria · 161 km · 3,745 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• El Menia Algeria · 284 km · 3,932 h sun/yr · best in Mar
• Biskra Algeria · 321 km · 3,548 h sun/yr · best in Nov

Head-to-head

How Ouargla compares month by month: Ouargla vs Constantine · Ouargla vs Tamanrasset · Ouargla vs Adrar · Ouargla vs Guemar · all comparisons