Climate averages 1991–2020
Maymana weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Maymana: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 3.6°C warmer than Maymana, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Maymana is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 29 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
Maymana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 47 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.8°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 60 | 9.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 29 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 6.0 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 6.6 | 9.810 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
- Balkh in AprilAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in AprilAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AprilUzbekistan · 266 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Herāt in AprilAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Bayramaly in AprilTurkmenistan · 300 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Mary in AprilTurkmenistan · 322 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Qarshi in AprilUzbekistan · 339 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Baghlān in AprilAfghanistan · 354 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 99 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 Maymana) is explained once on the Maymana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.