Khāsh weather in April

In April, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.2 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 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Khāsh's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:56 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 9th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Khāsh is village in Khash Rod District, 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 30°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical April day in Khāsh reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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.

	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)	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	34	18
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	36	20
30	36	20

How April really feels in Khāsh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 17 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

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

Khāsh 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	20	3.7	10.2	6.1
Feb	19° / 6°	17	3.6	10.8	7.6
Mar	25° / 11°	20	3.5	11.8	8.1
Apr	33° / 17°	5	1.2	12.7	4.8
May	38° / 23°	1	0.3	13.6	1.1
Jun	43° / 26°	1	0.1	14	0.0
Jul	44° / 28°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	38° / 20°	0	0	12.2	1.7
Oct	31° / 14°	0	0.2	11.2	6.3
Nov	23° / 8°	3	0.7	10.4	8.9
Dec	18° / 3°	7	1.8	10	7.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	80	80	80	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	87
Cloudier (%)	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Khāsh gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.2 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 7% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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

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

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:52 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	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	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	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:15	6:32
2	12.3	6:14	6:33
3	12.4	6:12	6:33
4	12.4	6:11	6:34
5	12.4	6:10	6:35
6	12.5	6:08	6:35
7	12.5	6:07	6:36
8	12.5	6:06	6:37
9	12.5	6:05	6:37
10	12.6	6:03	6:38
11	12.6	6:02	6:39
12	12.6	6:01	6:39
13	12.7	6:00	6:40
14	12.7	5:58	6:41
15	12.7	5:57	6:41
16	12.8	5:56	6:42
17	12.8	5:55	6:43
18	12.8	5:54	6:44
19	12.9	5:52	6:44
20	12.9	5:51	6:45
21	12.9	5:50	6:46
22	13.0	5:49	6:46
23	13.0	5:48	6:47
24	13.0	5:47	6:48
25	13.0	5:46	6:48
26	13.1	5:45	6:49
27	13.1	5:44	6:50
28	13.1	5:43	6:50
29	13.2	5:42	6:51
30	13.2	5:41	6:52

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 7.18 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)	6.6	6.6	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	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Khāsh

In seasonPeak

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

Khāsh sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Khāsh?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khāsh in April

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

In April, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khāsh 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 Khāsh peaks around June 21 at about 12 (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 — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	7	8	9	12	11	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh 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 Khāsh is worst in August — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 38 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)	42	56	55	55	62	67	84	87	73	55	38	40
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	56	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	55	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	67	Unhealthy
Jul	84	Unhealthy
Aug	87	Unhealthy
Sep	73	Unhealthy
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 31.5°N, 62.8°E, 579 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 109 km away.

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 578 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (58%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

bare terrain 58%

16 km

417 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

1,001 m

bare terrain 97%

croplandbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Zaranj 109 km · Farah 113 km · Zābol 135 km · Khān Neshīn 145 km · Lashkar Gāh 150 km · Gereshk 171 km · Shīnḏanḏ 206 km · Kushk 212 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 Khāsh (31.5292°, 62.7906°, elevation 579 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	29	15
2	29	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	34	18
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	36	20
30	36	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	34	18
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	36	20
30	36	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	30	15
4	30	15
5	30	15
6	30	15
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	34	18
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	36	20
30	36	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13

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

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