Khōst weather in April

In April, Khōst sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 70 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Khōst's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khōst's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 70 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:26 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Khōst is city in Khost 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 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical April day in Khōst reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°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)	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

How April really feels in Khōst

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.

Khōst weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / -0°	29	5	1.4	10	3.9
Feb	14° / 2°	56	7.7	1.5	10.8	4.5
Mar	19° / 7°	74	11.6	0.2	11.7	6.0
Apr	25° / 12°	70	11.5	0	12.8	6.7
May	30° / 17°	41	9.2	0	13.7	5.2
Jun	33° / 21°	50	9.1	0	14.2	3.9
Jul	30° / 22°	152	18.6	0	14	4.0
Aug	29° / 21°	148	19.6	0	13.2	4.6
Sep	28° / 18°	50	11.6	0	12.2	6.7
Oct	24° / 12°	24	4.9	0	11.2	8.4
Nov	19° / 6°	17	3.5	0	10.3	7.7
Dec	15° / 2°	16	2.7	0.3	9.8	5.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	66	66	65	65	64	64	63	62	62	61	61	60	61	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70
Cloudier (%)	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	39	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Khōst gets around 70 mm of rain over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

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 92% 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	97	97	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	87	87
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	8	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 5:46 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:26 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	12.6	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	13.2	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:46	6:04
2	12.3	5:44	6:05
3	12.4	5:43	6:06
4	12.4	5:42	6:06
5	12.4	5:40	6:07
6	12.5	5:39	6:08
7	12.5	5:38	6:09
8	12.6	5:36	6:09
9	12.6	5:35	6:10
10	12.6	5:34	6:11
11	12.7	5:32	6:12
12	12.7	5:31	6:12
13	12.7	5:30	6:13
14	12.8	5:28	6:14
15	12.8	5:27	6:15
16	12.8	5:26	6:15
17	12.9	5:24	6:16
18	12.9	5:23	6:17
19	12.9	5:22	6:18
20	13.0	5:21	6:18
21	13.0	5:20	6:19
22	13.0	5:18	6:20
23	13.1	5:17	6:21
24	13.1	5:16	6:21
25	13.1	5:15	6:22
26	13.2	5:14	6:23
27	13.2	5:13	6:24
28	13.2	5:12	6:24
29	13.2	5:10	6:25
30	13.3	5:09	6:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 6.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Khōst

In seasonPeak

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

Khōst's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Khōst?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Khōst for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khōst in April

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

In April, Khōst sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Khōst 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 Khōst peaks around June 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 2 (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)	3	5	7	8	11	11	10	8	8	7	2	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Khōst 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 Khōst is worst in June — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 24 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)	25	26	25	25	28	39	38	37	30	25	25	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khōst?

Khōst sits at 33.3°N, 69.9°E, 1,183 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Gardez, 71 km away.

Topography around Khōst

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khōst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 1,185 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,383 m.

The land around Khōst is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (40%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), bare terrain (26%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

155 m

cropland 49%

16 km

691 m

bare terrain 40%

80 km

4,383 m

grassland 33%

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

April weather nearby: Gardez 71 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 114 km · Baraki Barak 114 km · Jalālābād 130 km · Ghazni 141 km · Kabul 149 km · Mehtar Lām 150 km · Paghmān 165 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 Khōst (33.3395°, 69.9204°, elevation 1,183 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	24	11
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	13
20	25	13
21	26	13
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	41
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	41
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	36
22	36
23	35
24	35
25	34
26	34
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13