Khenchela weather in April

In April, Khenchela sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 7.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-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 41% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Khenchela's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khenchela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 43 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 6:05 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Khenchela is City in 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 Khenchela reaches about 20°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 25°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

How April really feels in Khenchela

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.

Khenchela weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 2°	33	6.8	1.7	9.9	3.0
Feb	12° / 3°	27	6.4	1.7	10.7	3.6
Mar	16° / 5°	38	7.8	0.9	11.7	5.3
Apr	20° / 8°	43	7.6	0.2	12.9	6.7
May	25° / 12°	37	7.6	0	13.8	7.4
Jun	30° / 17°	20	4.7	0	14.3	5.8
Jul	34° / 20°	10	3.4	0	14.1	3.8
Aug	33° / 20°	18	5	0	13.3	4.1
Sep	28° / 16°	31	7.2	0	12.2	6.6
Oct	23° / 12°	30	5.6	0	11.1	7.6
Nov	16° / 7°	31	5.2	0.1	10.1	5.7
Dec	12° / 3°	28	5.7	0.7	9.7	3.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	60	60	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64
Cloudier (%)	40	40	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Khenchela gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 7.6 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28

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

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 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	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	10	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:10 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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	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	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:26	6:46
2	12.4	6:25	6:47
3	12.4	6:23	6:48
4	12.4	6:22	6:49
5	12.5	6:20	6:49
6	12.5	6:19	6:50
7	12.6	6:17	6:51
8	12.6	6:16	6:52
9	12.6	6:15	6:53
10	12.7	6:13	6:54
11	12.7	6:12	6:54
12	12.7	6:10	6:55
13	12.8	6:09	6:56
14	12.8	6:08	6:57
15	12.9	6:06	6:58
16	12.9	6:05	6:58
17	12.9	6:03	6:59
18	13.0	6:02	7:00
19	13.0	6:01	7:01
20	13.0	6:00	7:02
21	13.1	5:58	7:03
22	13.1	5:57	7:03
23	13.1	5:56	7:04
24	13.2	5:54	7:05
25	13.2	5:53	7:06
26	13.2	5:52	7:07
27	13.3	5:51	7:08
28	13.3	5:50	7:09
29	13.3	5:48	7:09
30	13.4	5:47	7:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.2 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Khenchela

In seasonPeak

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

Khenchela sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Khenchela?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Khenchela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khenchela in April

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

In April, Khenchela sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Khenchela in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khenchela peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	6	8	9	10	8	8	6	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	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	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Khenchela 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 Khenchela is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 16 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)	17	18	22	28	28	30	28	26	28	24	19	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khenchela?

Khenchela sits at 35.4°N, 7.1°E, 1,128 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Kaïs, 21 km away.

Topography around Khenchela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khenchela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 523 m around an average of 1,120 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,161 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,151 m.

The land around Khenchela is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

523 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

1,161 m

cropland 58%

80 km

2,151 m

cropland 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Kaïs 21 km · Aïn Beïda 46 km · Oum el Bouaghi 49 km · Meskiana 52 km · Cheria 58 km · Aïn Fakroun 64 km · Aïn Kercha 68 km · Hammamet 73 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 Khenchela (35.4358°, 7.1433°, elevation 1,128 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	6
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	10
29	22	10
30	22	10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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