Baraki Barak weather in April

In April, Baraki Barak sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Baraki Barak's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baraki Barak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:29 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Baraki Barak is human settlement.

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 13°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Baraki Barak reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Baraki Barak

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.

Baraki Barak 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	1° / -11°	34	6	6.3	10	0.0
Feb	2° / -9°	46	7.6	7	10.7	0.0
Mar	8° / -2°	54	8.4	4.1	11.7	1.6
Apr	17° / 5°	54	9.6	0.7	12.8	5.5
May	23° / 10°	35	8	0	13.7	7.5
Jun	28° / 14°	11	2.5	0	14.2	7.9
Jul	30° / 17°	7	1	0	14	6.4
Aug	30° / 16°	4	0.7	0	13.3	6.9
Sep	26° / 12°	3	0.7	0	12.2	9.1
Oct	19° / 6°	6	1.7	0	11.1	8.0
Nov	12° / -0°	17	3.8	1.2	10.2	3.7
Dec	5° / -6°	19	3.9	3.4	9.8	0.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	67	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	66	67	66	67	68	68	68	68	67	68	68
Cloudier (%)	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	34	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Baraki Barak gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 32% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	6
2	29	5
3	30	5
4	30	5
5	31	5
6	31	4
7	32	4
8	32	4
9	33	3
10	33	3
11	34	3
12	34	3
13	34	2
14	35	2
15	35	2
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	34	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	32	1
22	32	1
23	32	1
24	31	1
25	31	0
26	31	0
27	31	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:31 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	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:49	6:08
2	12.4	5:48	6:09
3	12.4	5:47	6:10
4	12.4	5:45	6:11
5	12.5	5:44	6:11
6	12.5	5:42	6:12
7	12.5	5:41	6:13
8	12.6	5:40	6:14
9	12.6	5:38	6:14
10	12.6	5:37	6:15
11	12.7	5:36	6:16
12	12.7	5:34	6:17
13	12.7	5:33	6:18
14	12.8	5:32	6:18
15	12.8	5:30	6:19
16	12.8	5:29	6:20
17	12.9	5:28	6:21
18	12.9	5:26	6:21
19	12.9	5:25	6:22
20	13.0	5:24	6:23
21	13.0	5:23	6:24
22	13.0	5:22	6:24
23	13.1	5:20	6:25
24	13.1	5:19	6:26
25	13.1	5:18	6:27
26	13.2	5:17	6:28
27	13.2	5:16	6:28
28	13.2	5:15	6:29
29	13.3	5:13	6:30
30	13.3	5:12	6:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.71 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)	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.7	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.9	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Baraki Barak?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Baraki Barak for sightseeing.

What to pack for Baraki Barak in April

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

In April, Baraki Barak sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Baraki Barak in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baraki Barak peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Baraki Barak 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 Baraki Barak is worst in February — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 14 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)	22	23	21	20	21	22	20	19	16	14	15	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Baraki Barak?

Baraki Barak sits at 34.0°N, 68.9°E, 1,940 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Gardez, 48 km away.

Topography around Baraki Barak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baraki Barak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,970 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,930 m.

The land around Baraki Barak is covered by cropland (51%) and bare terrain (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

324 m

cropland 51%

16 km

992 m

bare terrain 64%

80 km

2,930 m

bare terrain 57%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Gardez 48 km · Kabul 66 km · Ghazni 67 km · Paghmān 69 km · Istālif 97 km · Khōst 114 km · Charikar 118 km · Jabal os Saraj 131 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 Baraki Barak (33.9674°, 68.9492°, elevation 1,940 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	13	2
2	13	2
3	14	2
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	4
10	15	4
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	17	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	18	6
20	18	6
21	18	6
22	18	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	20	7
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	6
2	29	5
3	30	5
4	30	5
5	31	5
6	31	4
7	32	4
8	32	4
9	33	3
10	33	3
11	34	3
12	34	3
13	34	2
14	35	2
15	35	2
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	34	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	32	1
22	32	1
23	32	1
24	31	1
25	31	0
26	31	0
27	31	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	6
2	29	5
3	30	5
4	30	5
5	31	5
6	31	4
7	32	4
8	32	4
9	33	3
10	33	3
11	34	3
12	34	3
13	34	2
14	35	2
15	35	2
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	34	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	32	1
22	32	1
23	32	1
24	31	1
25	31	0
26	31	0
27	31	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	6
2	29	5
3	30	5
4	30	5
5	31	5
6	31	4
7	32	4
8	32	4
9	33	3
10	33	3
11	34	3
12	34	3
13	34	2
14	35	2
15	35	2
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	34	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	32	1
22	32	1
23	32	1
24	31	1
25	31	0
26	31	0
27	31	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

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