Charef weather in April

In April, Charef sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 46% 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 Charef's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Charef's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:23 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

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

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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 Charef reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 6°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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in Charef

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.

Charef weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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° / 2°	27	6.5	1.7	9.9	2.6
Feb	12° / 2°	24	5.6	1.7	10.7	3.5
Mar	15° / 5°	28	6.1	0.7	11.7	5.4
Apr	19° / 8°	36	6.4	0.1	12.8	6.9
May	25° / 12°	28	5.7	0	13.8	7.7
Jun	31° / 18°	15	3.9	0	14.3	5.5
Jul	35° / 21°	8	3.1	0	14.1	3.1
Aug	34° / 21°	15	4.6	0	13.3	3.7
Sep	28° / 16°	37	6.9	0	12.2	6.7
Oct	22° / 11°	35	5.7	0	11.1	7.5
Nov	15° / 6°	22	4.9	0.1	10.2	5.2
Dec	11° / 3°	23	5.1	0.8	9.7	3.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 36%.

	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	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	69
Cloudier (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	69	31
30	69	31

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Charef gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22

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

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 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	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 6:44 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:26 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	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	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)	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	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	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:44	7:03
2	12.4	6:42	7:04
3	12.4	6:41	7:05
4	12.4	6:39	7:06
5	12.5	6:38	7:06
6	12.5	6:37	7:07
7	12.5	6:35	7:08
8	12.6	6:34	7:09
9	12.6	6:32	7:10
10	12.7	6:31	7:10
11	12.7	6:30	7:11
12	12.7	6:28	7:12
13	12.8	6:27	7:13
14	12.8	6:26	7:13
15	12.8	6:24	7:14
16	12.9	6:23	7:15
17	12.9	6:22	7:16
18	12.9	6:20	7:17
19	13.0	6:19	7:17
20	13.0	6:18	7:18
21	13.0	6:17	7:19
22	13.1	6:15	7:20
23	13.1	6:14	7:21
24	13.1	6:13	7:21
25	13.2	6:12	7:22
26	13.2	6:11	7:23
27	13.2	6:09	7:24
28	13.3	6:08	7:25
29	13.3	6:07	7:26
30	13.3	6:06	7:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.58 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)	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0
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	6.1	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Charef

In seasonPeak

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

Charef 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 Charef?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Charef for sightseeing.

What to pack for Charef in April

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

In April, Charef sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Charef 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 Charef peaks around July 10 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Charef 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 Charef is worst in June — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 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)	10	15	25	32	30	35	31	30	33	21	13	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Charef?

Charef sits at 34.6°N, 2.8°E, 1,157 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is El Idrissia, 31 km away.

Topography around Charef

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Charef has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m around an average of 1,159 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 683 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 984 m.

The land around Charef is covered by grassland (35%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (54%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

338 m

grassland 35%

16 km

683 m

grassland 44%

80 km

984 m

bare terrain 54%

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

April weather nearby: El Idrissia 31 km · Djelfa 43 km · ’Aïn el Bell 50 km · Hassi Bahbah 54 km · Dar Chioukh 70 km · Ksar Chellala 79 km · Messaad 83 km · Aflou 85 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 Charef (34.621°, 2.795°, elevation 1,157 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	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	69	31
30	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	69	31
30	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	67	33
28	68	32
29	69	31
30	69	31

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

	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