Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamanghasset weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tamanghasset: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (490 km away). In April its highs average 39.3°C, 8.8°C warmer than Tamanghasset, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Tamanghasset ranks 1st of 55 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 55 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 55 cities is 21.1°C; Tamanghasset is 9.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.7 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
Tamanghasset climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 35.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 35.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 33.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 10.811 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
- Arlit in AprilNiger · 490 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Agadez in AprilNiger · 696 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- El Oued in AprilAlgeria · 1183 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Djelfa in AprilAlgeria · 1340 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Biskra in AprilAlgeria · 1342 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Batna in AprilAlgeria · 1421 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Tébessa in AprilAlgeria · 1426 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Sétif in AprilAlgeria · 1491 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 66 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 Tamanghasset) is explained once on the Tamanghasset year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.