Climate averages 1991–2020
Barika weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Barika: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biskra (68 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 3.2°C warmer than Barika, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Barika ranks joint 14th of 55 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Barika is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Barika climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 22 | 4.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 23 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 22.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 26 | 4.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 18 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 36.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 6.2 | 2.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 23 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 19 | 4.3 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Biskra in AprilAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Batna in AprilAlgeria · 76 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- M'Sila in AprilAlgeria · 83 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Sétif in AprilAlgeria · 89 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 66 mm rain
- El Eulma in AprilAlgeria · 90 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in AprilAlgeria · 94 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 44 mm rain
- El Achir in AprilAlgeria · 100 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in AprilAlgeria · 110 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 32 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Barika) is explained once on the Barika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.