Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Kabul: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In April its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Kabul, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Kabul is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 52 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
Kabul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 42 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.7°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.5°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 68 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 11.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.0 | 1.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 14 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 24 | 4.1 | 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
- Bagrām in AprilAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Gardez in AprilAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AprilAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Ghazni in AprilAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Khōst in AprilAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Baghlān in AprilAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Bannu in AprilPakistan · 217 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Shabqadar in AprilPakistan · 221 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 66 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 Kabul) is explained once on the Kabul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.