Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Ghazni: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 9th 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 Gardez (75 km away). In April its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Ghazni, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Ghazni is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 19 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
Ghazni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-12.9°C | -12.9°C | 36 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.2°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 50 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.0 | 2.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 4.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 18 | 2.9 | 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
- Gardez in AprilAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kabul in AprilAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Khōst in AprilAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Bagrām in AprilAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AprilAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Bannu in AprilPakistan · 213 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Kohat in AprilPakistan · 281 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Paharpur in AprilPakistan · 288 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 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 Ghazni) is explained once on the Ghazni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.