Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Herāt: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, 5.3°C cooler than Herāt, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Herāt is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 4.5 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
Herāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in AprilIran · 286 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in AprilIran · 291 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Maymana in AprilAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Mashhad in AprilIran · 320 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Bīrjand in AprilIran · 321 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Kāshmar in AprilIran · 355 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Mary in AprilTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Bayramaly in AprilTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 23 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 Herāt) is explained once on the Herāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.