Climate averages 1991–2020
Gardez weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Gardez: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 7.1°C warmer than Gardez, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Gardez is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gardez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 41 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 54 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 47 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 10 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 5.3°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.010 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Khōst in AprilAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Ghazni in AprilAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Kabul in AprilAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Bannu in AprilPakistan · 145 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AprilAfghanistan · 146 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Bagrām in AprilAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kohat in AprilPakistan · 206 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Peshawar in AprilPakistan · 222 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 74 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 Gardez) is explained once on the Gardez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.