Touggourt weather in May

In May, Touggourt sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Touggourt's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Touggourt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
28%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Touggourt is city in Ouargla Province, Algeria.

Density
663/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Touggourt reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Touggourt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 23 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
23
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Touggourt weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 111.610.17.1
Feb19° / 31.110.88.1
Mar23° / 11°71.311.78.8
Apr28° / 15°7112.87.9
May33° / 20°20.613.74.5
Jun38° / 25°10.214.11.3
Jul41° / 28°00140.0
Aug41° / 27°10.213.20.1
Sep36° / 24°4112.22.9
Oct30° / 18°50.811.26.8
Nov22° / 11°71.510.38.6
Dec18° / 61.79.97.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38218
48218
58218
68218
78317
88218
98218
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118119
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Touggourt gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
82
92
102
112
122
132
142
152
162
172
182
192
202
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311

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3973
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14973
15973
16964
17964
18955
19955
20946
21946
22937
23937
24928
25928
26928
27919
28919
29919
30919
31919

Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:547:12
213.35:537:13
313.45:527:13
413.45:517:14
513.45:507:15
613.45:497:16
713.55:487:16
813.55:477:17
913.55:467:18
1013.55:467:19
1113.65:457:19
1213.65:447:20
1313.65:437:21
1413.75:427:22
1513.75:427:22
1613.75:417:23
1713.75:407:24
1813.85:407:25
1913.85:397:25
2013.85:387:26
2113.85:387:27
2213.85:377:27
2313.95:367:28
2413.95:367:29
2513.95:357:29
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2713.95:347:31
2814.05:347:31
2914.05:347:32
3014.05:337:33
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.6Intense
67.6Intense
77.6Intense
87.6Intense
97.6Intense
107.6Intense
117.6Intense
127.6Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Touggourt

In seasonPeak

In May, Touggourt sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Touggourt sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Touggourt?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Touggourt for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Touggourt in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Touggourt sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Touggourt in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Touggourt peaks around June 20 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Touggourt in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Touggourt is worst in April — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 41 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 1999 µg/m³Dec 1141 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb55Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr101Unhealthy
May92Unhealthy
Jun94Unhealthy
Jul68Unhealthy
Aug64Unhealthy
Sep62Unhealthy
Oct48Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Touggourt?

Touggourt sits at 33.1°N, 6.1°E, 170 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Tebesbest, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Touggourt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Touggourt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Touggourt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 278 m.

The land around Touggourt is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), bare terrain (31%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
278 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Tebesbest 1.0 km · Megarine 9.0 km · Taïbet 30 km · Sidi Amrane 44 km · Djamaa 48 km · El Hadjira 76 km · Reguiba 77 km · El Oued 79 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,051
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
69%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 468
Religion
Muslim 99%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Touggourt (33.1108°, 6.07°, elevation 170 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).