Tamanrasset Province · Algeria
Tamanrasset travel guide
Tamanrasset is a city in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria, home to about 93,000 people.
- Best months
- November to March
- Nearest airport
- TMR8 km · Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport
- Currency
- DZDAlgerian dinar
- Time zone
- Africa/Algiers
- Language
- Arabic, Standard Algerian Berber
When to go
The best time to visit Tamanrasset
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Tamanrasset are November to March. June is the warmest month, with average highs of 36 °C; August is the wettest, with about 21 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Tamanrasset: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR), about 7.9 km from the city centre in a straight line.
TMR · Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport
Questions
Tamanrasset: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Tamanrasset?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Tamanrasset are November to March. June is the warmest month, with average highs of 36 °C; August is the wettest, with about 21 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Tamanrasset?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR), about 7.9 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Tamanrasset?
Algerian dinar (DZD).
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.