Climate averages 1991–2020

Jalālābād weather
in April.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.1°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 35 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a warm month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Jalālābād, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 2nd 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; Jalālābād is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 7.3 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. 0510152025303540 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Jalālābād climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jalālābād, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.7°C5.3°C5.3°C264.610.110 h
February 15.4°C6.7°C6.7°C446.510.911 h
March 20.2°C11.4°C11.4°C437.211.912 h
April, selected 26.1°C16.7°C16.7°C355.413.013 h
May 32.5°C21.6°C21.6°C7.31.813.914 h
June 37.0°C25.9°C25.9°C1.90.614.414 h
July 36.5°C26.3°C26.3°C213.014.214 h
August 34.8°C25.2°C25.2°C143.313.413 h
September 32.5°C23.3°C23.3°C7.41.212.412 h
October 27.2°C18.1°C18.1°C6.11.411.311 h
November 20.8°C12.1°C12.1°C112.310.410 h
December 16.5°C7.7°C7.7°C122.39.910 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

Distance from Jalālābād

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 Jalālābād) is explained once on the Jalālābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.