Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Khōst: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In April its highs average 16.3°C, 7.1°C cooler than Khōst, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Khōst is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 41 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
Khōst climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 29 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 12.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 74 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 70 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 41 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 50 | 9.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 152 | 18.6 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 147 | 19.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 50 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 17 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 14.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 16 | 2.7 | 10.010 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
- Gardez in AprilAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Bannu in AprilPakistan · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AprilAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Ghazni in AprilAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Kohat in AprilPakistan · 144 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Kabul in AprilAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Paharpur in AprilPakistan · 169 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Peshawar in AprilPakistan · 170 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 74 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 Khōst) is explained once on the Khōst year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.