Climate averages 1991–2020

Baghlān weather
in April.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.5°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 9.6°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 99 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Baghlān · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Baghlān, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Baghlān is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 63 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Baghlān climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Baghlān, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.2°C-3.2°C-3.2°C559.010.010 h
February 11.5°C-1.3°C-1.3°C6710.110.811 h
March 17.3°C4.0°C4.0°C9311.811.912 h
April, selected 22.5°C9.6°C9.6°C9911.613.113 h
May 27.0°C13.7°C13.7°C637.114.114 h
June 32.9°C17.4°C17.4°C5.81.414.615 h
July 36.3°C20.1°C20.1°C1.60.414.414 h
August 35.4°C19.4°C19.4°C0.10.013.514 h
September 30.7°C15.2°C15.2°C2.10.512.412 h
October 23.7°C9.8°C9.8°C173.111.311 h
November 16.4°C4.0°C4.0°C467.610.310 h
December 11.4°C-1.2°C-1.2°C437.49.810 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Baghlān

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baghlān) is explained once on the Baghlān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.