Climate averages 1991–2020

Khenchela weather
in April.

A mild, moderately wet 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.

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 6.0°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 43 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Khenchela · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Khenchela: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet 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 Aïn Beïda (46 km away). In April its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Khenchela, with 41 mm of rain.

Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Khenchela ranks joint 49th of 55 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Khenchela is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 37 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. -505101520253035 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Khenchela climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khenchela, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.8°C0.4°C0.4°C336.810.110 h
February 10.8°C0.6°C0.6°C276.410.911 h
March 14.3°C3.0°C3.0°C387.811.912 h
April, selected 18.2°C6.0°C6.0°C437.613.113 h
May 23.2°C10.0°C10.0°C377.614.014 h
June 28.4°C14.5°C14.5°C204.714.515 h
July 32.4°C17.7°C17.7°C103.314.314 h
August 31.5°C17.7°C17.7°C185.013.513 h
September 26.1°C14.3°C14.3°C317.212.412 h
October 21.0°C10.2°C10.2°C305.611.311 h
November 14.5°C5.0°C5.0°C315.210.310 h
December 10.6°C1.7°C1.7°C285.79.810 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 Khenchela

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 Khenchela) is explained once on the Khenchela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.