Khenchela weather in February

In February, Khenchela sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Khenchela's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khenchela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 27 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:26 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; 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 February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical February day in Khenchela reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Khenchela

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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 February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Khenchela weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 9th-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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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
Clearer (%)	54	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	57	58	57	57	56	57	57	58	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	46	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	43	42	43	43	44	43	43	42	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Khenchela gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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
Rain chance (%)	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	26
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
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
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

	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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:19 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
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	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	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:38	5:52
2	10.3	7:37	5:53
3	10.3	7:36	5:54
4	10.3	7:36	5:55
5	10.4	7:35	5:56
6	10.4	7:34	5:57
7	10.4	7:33	5:58
8	10.4	7:33	5:59
9	10.5	7:32	6:00
10	10.5	7:31	6:01
11	10.5	7:30	6:02
12	10.6	7:29	6:03
13	10.6	7:28	6:04
14	10.6	7:27	6:05
15	10.7	7:26	6:06
16	10.7	7:25	6:07
17	10.7	7:24	6:08
18	10.8	7:23	6:09
19	10.8	7:22	6:10
20	10.8	7:21	6:11
21	10.9	7:19	6:12
22	10.9	7:18	6:13
23	10.9	7:17	6:14
24	11.0	7:16	6:15
25	11.0	7:15	6:16
26	11.1	7:14	6:17
27	11.1	7:12	6:18
28	11.1	7:11	6:19

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.79 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 — February's 3.79 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Khenchela

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Khenchela?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khenchela.

What to pack for Khenchela in February

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

In February, Khenchela sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Khenchela in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — 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 February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

← January Khenchela year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41

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

	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