Tamanrasset weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇿 Algeria · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Tamanrasset is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with February and April close behind. Tamanrasset averages about 3,864 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,864
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 142 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 82k
- Elevation
- 1,362 m
When is the best time to visit Tamanrasset?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tamanrasset is January, then February and April. The dullest month is July (58/100, 22 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tamanrasset?
Tamanrasset is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,864 hours of sunshine a year. January (100/100) is noticeably better than July (58). It ranks #5 of 28 destinations in Algeria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,682 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 142 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| February | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| March | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 7 mm | 10 |
| April | 100 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| May | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| June | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 11 mm | 11 |
| July | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 22 mm | 12 |
| August | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 61 mm | 11 |
| September | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 17 mm | 11 |
| October | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| November | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| December | 100 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 2 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Adrar Algeria · 796 km · best in Feb · 3,773 h sun/yr
- Hassi Messaoud Algeria · 988 km · best in Mar · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Ouargla Algeria · 1,013 km · best in Mar · 3,754 h sun/yr
- Niamey Niger · 1,093 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
- Guemar Algeria · 1,197 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Kano Nigeria · 1,240 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Djanet Algeria · 441 km · 3,938 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Bordj Badji Mokhtar Algeria · 493 km · 3,773 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Illizi Algeria · 540 km · 3,840 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ghat Libya · 543 km · 4,078 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- In Salah Algeria · 576 km · 3,771 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Tamanrasset compares month by month: Tamanrasset vs Ouargla · Tamanrasset vs Adrar · Tamanrasset vs Hassi Messaoud · all comparisons
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