Charef weather in January

In January, Charef sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 6.5 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Charef's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Charef's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 27 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:01 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

← December Charef year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Charef reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	10	2
31	10	2

How January really feels in Charef

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Charef weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	65	66	66	66	64	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	34	36	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Charef gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 6.5 wet days in January. 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 25% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	4
8	17	4
9	18	4
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	21	5
14	22	6
15	23	6
16	23	6
17	24	6
18	24	7
19	25	7
20	25	7
21	25	7
22	25	7
23	25	7
24	25	7
25	25	7
26	25	7
27	25	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	7
31	23	7

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January 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	31
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	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
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	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
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 7:54 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:10 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	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:54
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	8:00	5:43
2	9.7	8:01	5:44
3	9.7	8:01	5:45
4	9.7	8:01	5:46
5	9.8	8:01	5:46
6	9.8	8:01	5:47
7	9.8	8:01	5:48
8	9.8	8:01	5:49
9	9.8	8:01	5:50
10	9.8	8:01	5:50
11	9.8	8:01	5:51
12	9.8	8:01	5:52
13	9.9	8:01	5:53
14	9.9	8:01	5:54
15	9.9	8:01	5:55
16	9.9	8:01	5:56
17	9.9	8:00	5:57
18	10.0	8:00	5:57
19	10.0	8:00	5:58
20	10.0	8:00	5:59
21	10.0	7:59	6:00
22	10.0	7:59	6:01
23	10.1	7:58	6:02
24	10.1	7:58	6:03
25	10.1	7:58	6:04
26	10.1	7:57	6:05
27	10.2	7:57	6:06
28	10.2	7:56	6:07
29	10.2	7:56	6:08
30	10.2	7:55	6:09
31	10.3	7:54	6:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.11 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 — January's 3.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Charef

In seasonPeak

None of Charef's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Charef?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Charef.

What to pack for Charef in January

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

In January, Charef sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Charef in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — 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 January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January 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%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Charef year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January 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	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	10	2
31	10	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	4
8	17	4
9	18	4
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	21	5
14	22	6
15	23	6
16	23	6
17	24	6
18	24	7
19	25	7
20	25	7
21	25	7
22	25	7
23	25	7
24	25	7
25	25	7
26	25	7
27	25	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	7
31	23	7

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	10	2
31	10	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	4
8	17	4
9	18	4
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	21	5
14	22	6
15	23	6
16	23	6
17	24	6
18	24	7
19	25	7
20	25	7
21	25	7
22	25	7
23	25	7
24	25	7
25	25	7
26	25	7
27	25	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	7
31	23	7

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	10	2
30	10	2
31	10	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	4
8	17	4
9	18	4
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	21	5
14	22	6
15	23	6
16	23	6
17	24	6
18	24	7
19	25	7
20	25	7
21	25	7
22	25	7
23	25	7
24	25	7
25	25	7
26	25	7
27	25	7
28	24	7
29	24	7
30	24	7
31	23	7

	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
31	100