Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghardaïa weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 9th 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 Ghardaïa: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laghouat (164 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ghardaïa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Ghardaïa ranks 7th of 55 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Ghardaïa is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 3.2 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
Ghardaïa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 7.8 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 10.110 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
- Laghouat in AprilAlgeria · 164 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ouargla in AprilAlgeria · 167 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Rouissat in AprilAlgeria · 170 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Messaad in AprilAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Aflou in AprilAlgeria · 232 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Touggourt in AprilAlgeria · 234 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Djelfa in AprilAlgeria · 246 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 36 mm rain
- El Bayadh in AprilAlgeria · 281 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 28 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 Ghardaïa) is explained once on the Ghardaïa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.