Khān Neshīn weather in April

In April, Khān Neshīn sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Khān Neshīn's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khān Neshīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
18°
7th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:53 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
28%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical April day in Khān Neshīn reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

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How April really feels in Khān Neshīn

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 20 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
20
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Khān Neshīn weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 16310.26.8
Feb20° / 152.810.97.9
Mar26° / 12°132.811.87.9
Apr33° / 18°41.112.74.5
May39° / 23°10.213.51.0
Jun42° / 26°20.213.90.0
Jul43° / 28°00.113.80.0
Aug41° / 26°0013.10.1
Sep37° / 20°0012.22.3
Oct31° / 14°10.211.36.3
Nov24° / 40.810.59.0
Dec18° / 101.410.17.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Khān Neshīn gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:116:28
212.36:106:28
312.36:096:29
412.46:076:30
512.46:066:30
612.46:056:31
712.56:046:32
812.56:026:32
912.56:016:33
1012.66:006:33
1112.65:596:34
1212.65:586:35
1312.75:566:35
1412.75:556:36
1512.75:546:37
1612.75:536:37
1712.85:526:38
1812.85:516:39
1912.85:496:39
2012.95:486:40
2112.95:476:41
2212.95:466:41
2312.95:456:42
2413.05:446:43
2513.05:436:43
2613.05:426:44
2713.15:416:44
2813.15:406:45
2913.15:396:46
3013.15:386:46

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.67 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Khān Neshīn

In seasonPeak

In April, Khān Neshīn sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Khān Neshīn sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Khān Neshīn?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Khān Neshīn for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Khān Neshīn in April

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

In April, Khān Neshīn sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khān Neshīn in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khān Neshīn peaks around July 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 11UV 11Dec 17UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khān Neshīn 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 Khān Neshīn is worst in August — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (November, 25 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateAug 1178 µg/m³Nov 2325 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr41Poor
May48Poor
Jun52Poor
Jul76Unhealthy
Aug78Unhealthy
Sep59Unhealthy
Oct41Poor
Nov25Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khān Neshīn?

Khān Neshīn sits at 30.5°N, 63.8°E, 642 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Lashkar Gāh, 129 km away.

Lashkar GāhKhāshGereshkZaranjKandahārZābolFarahZahedan

Topography around Khān Neshīn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khān Neshīn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 637 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 278 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 724 m.

The land around Khān Neshīn is covered by cropland (68%) and bare terrain (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
278 m
80 km
724 m
croplandbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Lashkar Gāh 129 km · Khāsh 145 km · Gereshk 160 km · Zaranj 190 km · Kandahār 218 km · Zābol 226 km · Farah 258 km · Zahedan 305 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
Muslim 100%

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 Khān Neshīn (30.5488°, 63.7888°, elevation 642 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).