Climate averages 1991–2020

Chlef weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.4°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 10.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 50 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a warm month in Chlef: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khemis Miliana (80 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Chlef, with 60 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Chlef ranks joint 14th of 55 for the warmest April highs and 34th of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Chlef is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 35 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chlef climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chlef, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.5°C5.5°C5.5°C558.810.010 h
February 16.6°C6.0°C6.0°C528.410.811 h
March 19.7°C8.2°C8.2°C528.011.912 h
April, selected 22.4°C10.5°C10.5°C508.213.113 h
May 26.6°C13.9°C13.9°C355.414.114 h
June 31.9°C18.0°C18.0°C7.01.514.615 h
July 36.1°C21.4°C21.4°C1.20.314.414 h
August 36.2°C22.0°C22.0°C6.41.113.514 h
September 31.1°C18.9°C18.9°C234.212.412 h
October 26.3°C14.9°C14.9°C376.111.311 h
November 19.8°C10.2°C10.2°C649.410.310 h
December 16.4°C7.1°C7.1°C498.09.810 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

Distance from Chlef

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chlef) is explained once on the Chlef year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.