Kashgar weather in April

In April, Kashgar sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 2.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kashgar's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kashgar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
6th warmest
Overnight low
10°
7th coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:25 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
55%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Kashgar is city in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 90.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
505/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical April day in Kashgar reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 9°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1196
2197
3197
4197
5207
6208
7208
8208
9208
10218
11219
12219
13229
14229
152210
162210
172310
182310
192310
202311
212411
222411
232411
242412
252412
262512
272512
282512
292512
302513

How April really feels in Kashgar

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Kashgar weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -10°51.21.69.50.0
Feb / -5°102.32.110.40.4
Mar13° / 133111.74.5
Apr22° / 10°102.50.1137.8
May27° / 14°223.9014.17.3
Jun31° / 18°173.9014.75.3
Jul32° / 20°163.7014.54.8
Aug30° / 18°264.6013.56.0
Sep26° / 14°244.5012.38.0
Oct19° / 122.30117.5
Nov10° / -1°81.90.89.82.9
Dec / -7°51.21.59.30.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35248
45248
55248
65248
75248
85248
95248
105347
115248
125248
135248
145248
155248
165248
175248
185347
195347
205347
215347
225347
235446
245446
255446
265545
275446
285446
295446
305446

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kashgar gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 2.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
18
29
39
49
59
69
79
89
99
109
119
128
138
148
158
168
177
187
197
207
217
227
238
248
259
269
2710
2810
2911
3011

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
2010calm
2110calm
2210calm
2310calm
2410calm
2510calm
2610calm
2710calm
2810calm
2910calm
3010calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:497:12
212.46:477:13
312.56:467:14
412.56:447:15
512.66:437:16
612.66:417:17
712.66:397:18
812.76:387:19
912.76:367:20
1012.86:357:21
1112.86:337:22
1212.96:317:23
1312.96:307:24
1413.06:287:25
1513.06:277:26
1613.06:257:27
1713.16:247:28
1813.16:227:29
1913.26:217:30
2013.26:197:31
2113.26:187:32
2213.36:167:33
2313.36:157:34
2413.46:137:35
2513.46:127:36
2613.46:117:37
2713.56:097:38
2813.56:087:39
2913.66:077:40
3013.66:057:41

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.8Bright
35.8Bright
45.9Bright
55.9Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Intense
86.0Intense
96.1Intense
106.1Intense
116.2Intense
126.2Intense
136.3Intense
146.3Intense
156.3Intense
166.4Intense
176.4Intense
186.4Intense
196.5Intense
206.5Intense
216.5Intense
226.6Intense
236.6Intense
246.6Intense
256.6Intense
266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kashgar

In seasonPeak

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

Kashgar sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in April.

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

Is April a good time to visit Kashgar?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Kashgar for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Kashgar in April

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

In April, Kashgar sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Kashgar in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kashgar peaks around June 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Kashgar 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 Kashgar is worst in April — around 171 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 45 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kashgar's WHO annual average of 90.2 µg/m³.

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorApr 15167 µg/m³Dec 1745 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar148Unhealthy
Apr171Very unhealthy
May137Unhealthy
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul79Unhealthy
Aug95Unhealthy
Sep77Unhealthy
Oct95Unhealthy
Nov49Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kashgar?

Kashgar sits at 39.5°N, 76.0°E, 1,284 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Naryn, 218 km away.

XonobodOshQorasuvKara Suu

Topography around Kashgar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kashgar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 1,294 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 619 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,064 m.

The land around Kashgar is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (62%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
619 m
80 km
3,064 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Naryn 218 km · Kara-Kulja 241 km · Uzgen 270 km · Sultonobod 294 km · Xonobod 296 km · Osh 296 km · Qorasuv 299 km · Kara Suu 299 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

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 Kashgar (39.4672°, 75.9868°, elevation 1,284 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).