Climate averages 1991–2020
Turkistan weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Turkistan, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Turkistan is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 27 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
Turkistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 6.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 6.8 | 9.09 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
- Shymkent in AprilKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Chirchiq in AprilUzbekistan · 230 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Tashkent in AprilUzbekistan · 239 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Taraz in AprilKazakhstan · 257 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Kyzylorda in AprilKazakhstan · 280 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AprilUzbekistan · 294 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Angren in AprilUzbekistan · 297 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Guliston in AprilUzbekistan · 314 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.9°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 Turkistan) is explained once on the Turkistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.