Aflou weather in April

In April, Aflou sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 5.5 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Aflou's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aflou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 5.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:26 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Aflou is town and commune in Laghouat Province, Algeria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical April day in Aflou reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

How April really feels in Aflou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Aflou weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 1°	18	4.4	1.8	10	2.7
Feb	12° / 2°	19	4.6	1.5	10.7	3.6
Mar	15° / 4°	23	5.5	0.5	11.7	5.4
Apr	19° / 7°	30	5.5	0.1	12.8	7.0
May	25° / 12°	25	5.5	0.1	13.8	7.8
Jun	30° / 17°	15	4	0	14.2	5.8
Jul	35° / 21°	9	2.8	0	14	3.3
Aug	33° / 20°	16	5.2	0	13.3	3.9
Sep	28° / 16°	38	6.3	0	12.2	6.8
Oct	21° / 11°	32	5.2	0	11.1	7.5
Nov	15° / 5°	19	3.5	0.2	10.2	5.2
Dec	11° / 2°	16	3.6	1	9.8	3.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Aflou gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 5.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	17
11	17
12	17
13	18
14	18
15	19
16	19
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10
Sunset (PM)	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:47	7:06
2	12.4	6:45	7:07
3	12.4	6:44	7:07
4	12.4	6:43	7:08
5	12.5	6:41	7:09
6	12.5	6:40	7:10
7	12.5	6:38	7:10
8	12.6	6:37	7:11
9	12.6	6:36	7:12
10	12.6	6:34	7:13
11	12.7	6:33	7:13
12	12.7	6:32	7:14
13	12.7	6:30	7:15
14	12.8	6:29	7:16
15	12.8	6:28	7:17
16	12.9	6:26	7:17
17	12.9	6:25	7:18
18	12.9	6:24	7:19
19	13.0	6:22	7:20
20	13.0	6:21	7:20
21	13.0	6:20	7:21
22	13.1	6:19	7:22
23	13.1	6:18	7:23
24	13.1	6:16	7:24
25	13.2	6:15	7:24
26	13.2	6:14	7:25
27	13.2	6:13	7:26
28	13.3	6:12	7:27
29	13.3	6:11	7:28
30	13.3	6:10	7:28

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Aflou

In seasonPeak

In April, Aflou sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Aflou sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Aflou?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Aflou for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Aflou in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Aflou sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Aflou in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aflou peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	8	8	9	11	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Aflou in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aflou is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	23	36	44	42	45	37	36	39	24	17	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aflou?

Aflou sits at 34.1°N, 2.1°E, 1,392 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is El Idrissia, 54 km away.

Topography around Aflou

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aflou.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aflou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 1,424 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m.

The land around Aflou is covered by grassland (43%), bare terrain (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

grassland 43%

16 km

575 m

grassland 67%

80 km

1,175 m

bare terrain 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← March Aflou year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: El Idrissia 54 km · Laghouat 78 km · Charef 85 km · ’Aïn Deheb 96 km · ’Aïn el Bell 106 km · El Bayadh 111 km · Djelfa 123 km · Ksar Chellala 124 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aflou (34.1128°, 2.1023°, elevation 1,392 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	17
11	17
12	17
13	18
14	18
15	19
16	19
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	17
11	17
12	17
13	18
14	18
15	19
16	19
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	6
2	17	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	17
11	17
12	17
13	18
14	18
15	19
16	19
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100