Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in April.
A warm, 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 warm month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Khanabad, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Khanabad is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 42 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
Khanabad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 42 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 56 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 69 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 71 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 42 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 36 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 35 | 6.4 | 9.710 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
- Kunduz in AprilAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Baghlān in AprilAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Bokhtar in AprilTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Kŭlob in AprilTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AprilUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in AprilAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Bagrām in AprilAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Balkh in AprilAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 34 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 Khanabad) is explained once on the Khanabad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.