Climate averages 1991–2020
Biskra weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest 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 Biskra: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barika (68 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 3.2°C cooler than Biskra, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Biskra ranks 8th of 55 for the warmest April highs and joint 8th of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Biskra is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 6.4 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
Biskra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 7.7 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 16 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 30.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 6.4 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 36.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 14.514 h |
| July | 39.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 38.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 2.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 9.910 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
- Barika in AprilAlgeria · 68 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Batna in AprilAlgeria · 88 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- M'Sila in AprilAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Khenchela in AprilAlgeria · 144 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 43 mm rain
- El Eulma in AprilAlgeria · 145 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in AprilAlgeria · 147 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Sétif in AprilAlgeria · 152 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Bordj Bou Arreridj in AprilAlgeria · 162 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 44 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 Biskra) is explained once on the Biskra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.