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Tamanghasset

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Harsh desert climate and remote geography requiring preparation

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Tamanghasset month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Tamanghasset are typically February, November and December, with average daytime highs around 21–24°C. July is usually the warmest month (average high 35°C), January the coldest (average low 6°C), and June the wettest (about 4 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	20.1	6.3	1	10.2
February	22.2	8.3	1	10.5
March	26.0	12.0	1	10.9
April	30.2	16.5	0	11.3
May	33.3	20.5	2	11.2
June	34.6	22.5	4	10.8
July	34.9	23.1	2	11.1
August	33.9	22.7	4	10.7
September	32.7	21.0	2	10.3
October	29.3	17.0	2	10.4
November	24.4	11.5	1	10.3
December	21.1	8.1	2	10.1

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Documented history · 1905
When Algeria was under French rule, the Catholic priest Charles de Foucauld built his hermitage here in 1905; he established the fort by 1915.
Documented history · 1916
Foucauld was shot to death outside his Tamanrasset compound by Sermi ag Thora under the command of El Madani ag Soba on 1 December 1916.
Documented history · 1922
As a military post, the settlement was named Fort Laperrine, after General François-Henry Laperrine's death in the desert nearby in 1922.
Documented history · 1962
On 1 May 1962, near Ecker, 150 km north of Tamanrasset, there was an accidental venting of a French underground nuclear test.
Hermitage and Fort Establishment
Catholic priest Charles de Foucauld built his hermitage in Tamanrasset in 1905 and established the fort by 1915.

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01 · Overview

Tamanghasset, in brief

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02 · History