Aībak weather in April

In April, Aībak sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Aībak's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aībak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 81 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:31 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Aībak is town in Samangan Province, Afghanistan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Aībak reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	5
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	19	7
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

How April really feels in Aībak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Aībak weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / -5°	43	8.3	6.3	9.8	0.1
Feb	7° / -3°	57	9.4	6.1	10.6	1.0
Mar	13° / 2°	73	11.3	3.5	11.7	3.4
Apr	18° / 7°	81	11.7	1	12.9	5.6
May	23° / 11°	42	6.9	0	13.9	7.5
Jun	28° / 15°	5	1.4	0	14.4	7.6
Jul	31° / 17°	1	0.3	0	14.2	6.4
Aug	29° / 15°	1	0.1	0	13.4	7.5
Sep	25° / 11°	2	0.6	0	12.2	9.3
Oct	19° / 6°	12	2.6	0.1	11.1	7.6
Nov	12° / 1°	34	6.1	2	10.1	3.8
Dec	7° / -3°	32	6.2	4.5	9.6	1.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	43	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	49	49
Cloudier (%)	57	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	57	56	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	49	51

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Aībak gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	6
2	40	6
3	40	6
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	40	6
7	40	6
8	40	5
9	40	5
10	40	5
11	40	5
12	39	4
13	39	4
14	39	3
15	39	3
16	38	3
17	38	2
18	38	2
19	37	2
20	37	1
21	37	1
22	37	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	36	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	34	1
29	34	1
30	34	1

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:52	6:13
2	12.4	5:51	6:14
3	12.4	5:49	6:15
4	12.5	5:48	6:16
5	12.5	5:46	6:16
6	12.5	5:45	6:17
7	12.6	5:43	6:18
8	12.6	5:42	6:19
9	12.7	5:40	6:20
10	12.7	5:39	6:21
11	12.7	5:38	6:22
12	12.8	5:36	6:22
13	12.8	5:35	6:23
14	12.8	5:33	6:24
15	12.9	5:32	6:25
16	12.9	5:31	6:26
17	13.0	5:29	6:27
18	13.0	5:28	6:28
19	13.0	5:26	6:28
20	13.1	5:25	6:29
21	13.1	5:24	6:30
22	13.1	5:22	6:31
23	13.2	5:21	6:32
24	13.2	5:20	6:33
25	13.3	5:19	6:34
26	13.3	5:17	6:35
27	13.3	5:16	6:35
28	13.4	5:15	6:36
29	13.4	5:14	6:37
30	13.4	5:13	6:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Aībak?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Aībak for sightseeing.

What to pack for Aībak in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Aībak sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Aībak in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aībak peaks around May 24 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	6	7	10	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Aībak in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aībak is worst in May — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	14	19	27	30	26	23	21	22	19	13	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Aībak?

Aībak sits at 36.3°N, 68.0°E, 969 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Khulm, 56 km away.

Topography around Aībak

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aībak.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aībak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,000 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,694 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,765 m.

The land around Aībak is covered by bare terrain (34%), cropland (31%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (54%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and bare terrain (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

324 m

bare terrain 34%

16 km

1,694 m

bare terrain 54%

80 km

3,765 m

grassland 44%

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← March Aībak year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Khulm 56 km · Baghlān 64 km · Pul-e Khumrī 72 km · Kunduz 91 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 95 km · Nahrīn 103 km · Khanabad 109 km · Balkh 114 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 17% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $417; 2024
Happiness: 1.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 15.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aībak (36.2647°, 68.0155°, elevation 969 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	5
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	19	7
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	6
2	40	6
3	40	6
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	40	6
7	40	6
8	40	5
9	40	5
10	40	5
11	40	5
12	39	4
13	39	4
14	39	3
15	39	3
16	38	3
17	38	2
18	38	2
19	37	2
20	37	1
21	37	1
22	37	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	36	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	34	1
29	34	1
30	34	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	5
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	19	7
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	6
2	40	6
3	40	6
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	40	6
7	40	6
8	40	5
9	40	5
10	40	5
11	40	5
12	39	4
13	39	4
14	39	3
15	39	3
16	38	3
17	38	2
18	38	2
19	37	2
20	37	1
21	37	1
22	37	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	36	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	34	1
29	34	1
30	34	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	5
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	19	7
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	49	51

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	6
2	40	6
3	40	6
4	40	6
5	40	6
6	40	6
7	40	6
8	40	5
9	40	5
10	40	5
11	40	5
12	39	4
13	39	4
14	39	3
15	39	3
16	38	3
17	38	2
18	38	2
19	37	2
20	37	1
21	37	1
22	37	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	36	1
26	35	1
27	35	1
28	34	1
29	34	1
30	34	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2