Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In April its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Bagrām, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Bagrām is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bagrām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 47 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 5.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 69 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 5.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 9.910 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
- Kabul in AprilAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AprilAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Baghlān in AprilAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Gardez in AprilAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Ghazni in AprilAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Khōst in AprilAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Khanabad in AprilAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Kunduz in AprilAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 76 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bagrām) is explained once on the Bagrām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.