Shīnḏanḏ weather in April

In April, Shīnḏanḏ sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 28 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Shīnḏanḏ's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shīnḏanḏ's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:57 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Shīnḏanḏ is place in Herat 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 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical April day in Shīnḏanḏ reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 7°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	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

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

How April really feels in Shīnḏanḏ

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.

Shīnḏanḏ weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	11° / -0°	49	7.1	1	10	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	56	7.9	0.7	10.8	4.0
Mar	19° / 6°	63	8.2	0	11.7	6.5
Apr	26° / 11°	28	4.3	0	12.8	7.7
May	32° / 17°	3	0.9	0	13.7	5.1
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	0	14.2	2.2
Jul	39° / 24°	0	0	0	14	0.8
Aug	38° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	1.8
Sep	34° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.2	4.6
Oct	27° / 11°	2	0.6	0	11.2	8.6
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.8	0	10.3	7.6
Dec	14° / 1°	22	4.1	0.3	9.8	4.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	72	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77
Cloudier (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Shīnḏanḏ gets around 28 mm of rain over 4.3 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 15% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7

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

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 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 6:17 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:57 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)	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:17	6:35
2	12.3	6:15	6:36
3	12.4	6:14	6:37
4	12.4	6:13	6:38
5	12.4	6:11	6:38
6	12.5	6:10	6:39
7	12.5	6:09	6:40
8	12.6	6:07	6:40
9	12.6	6:06	6:41
10	12.6	6:05	6:42
11	12.7	6:03	6:43
12	12.7	6:02	6:43
13	12.7	6:01	6:44
14	12.8	5:59	6:45
15	12.8	5:58	6:46
16	12.8	5:57	6:46
17	12.9	5:56	6:47
18	12.9	5:54	6:48
19	12.9	5:53	6:49
20	13.0	5:52	6:49
21	13.0	5:51	6:50
22	13.0	5:50	6:51
23	13.1	5:48	6:52
24	13.1	5:47	6:52
25	13.1	5:46	6:53
26	13.2	5:45	6:54
27	13.2	5:44	6:55
28	13.2	5:43	6:55
29	13.2	5:42	6:56
30	13.3	5:41	6:57

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.89 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)	6.3	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	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4
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	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.4	Intense
30	7.4	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Shīnḏanḏ

In seasonPeak

None of Shīnḏanḏ's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Shīnḏanḏ sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Shīnḏanḏ?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Shīnḏanḏ for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Shīnḏanḏ in April

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

In April, Shīnḏanḏ sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Shīnḏanḏ in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shīnḏanḏ peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	3	5	7	8	9	12	12	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Shīnḏanḏ 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 Shīnḏanḏ is worst in July — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	28	35	38	37	49	49	46	34	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	38	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Shīnḏanḏ?

Shīnḏanḏ sits at 33.3°N, 62.1°E, 1,071 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Kushk, 18 km away.

Topography around Shīnḏanḏ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shīnḏanḏ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 1,067 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,283 m.

The land around Shīnḏanḏ is covered by cropland (77%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

cropland 77%

16 km

500 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

2,283 m

bare terrain 94%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Kushk 18 km · Farah 103 km · Herāt 116 km · Karukh 137 km · Eslam Qaleh 181 km · Tāybād 204 km · Khāsh 206 km · Shahrak 219 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 Shīnḏanḏ (33.3029°, 62.1474°, elevation 1,071 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	9
2	22	9
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	24	10
8	24	10
9	24	10
10	24	10
11	25	10
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	26	11
16	26	11
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	27	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	13
23	28	13
24	28	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	29	14
28	29	14
29	29	14
30	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	75	25
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23

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

	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