Būkān weather in April

In April, Būkān sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Būkān's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Būkān's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 50 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:57 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Būkān is city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

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 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Būkān reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 23°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)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Būkān

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.

Būkān weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -5°	40	7.7	6.3	9.8	0.0
Feb	7° / -3°	47	8.6	5.9	10.6	0.8
Mar	12° / 1°	54	10.7	2.3	11.7	3.3
Apr	18° / 6°	50	9.9	0.3	12.9	5.8
May	24° / 10°	31	8.4	0	13.9	7.3
Jun	31° / 15°	6	1.7	0	14.4	5.8
Jul	35° / 19°	2	0.7	0	14.2	3.4
Aug	35° / 17°	1	0.4	0	13.4	3.5
Sep	30° / 12°	2	0.8	0	12.2	6.9
Oct	22° / 7°	17	3.6	0	11.1	8.1
Nov	13° / 2°	37	6.3	0.9	10.1	4.2
Dec	7° / -3°	37	6.9	3.9	9.6	0.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Būkān gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 34% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	34	2
4	34	2
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	34	2
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	1
12	33	1
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	33	1
16	33	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	34	1
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	34	0
30	34	0

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 11 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
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	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	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:06 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	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:39
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:19	6:40
2	12.4	6:18	6:41
3	12.4	6:16	6:42
4	12.5	6:15	6:43
5	12.5	6:13	6:44
6	12.5	6:12	6:45
7	12.6	6:10	6:45
8	12.6	6:09	6:46
9	12.7	6:07	6:47
10	12.7	6:06	6:48
11	12.7	6:05	6:49
12	12.8	6:03	6:50
13	12.8	6:02	6:51
14	12.9	6:00	6:52
15	12.9	5:59	6:52
16	12.9	5:57	6:53
17	13.0	5:56	6:54
18	13.0	5:55	6:55
19	13.0	5:53	6:56
20	13.1	5:52	6:57
21	13.1	5:51	6:58
22	13.2	5:49	6:59
23	13.2	5:48	6:59
24	13.2	5:47	7:00
25	13.3	5:45	7:01
26	13.3	5:44	7:02
27	13.3	5:43	7:03
28	13.4	5:42	7:04
29	13.4	5:41	7:05
30	13.4	5:39	7:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.17 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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Būkān?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Būkān for sightseeing.

What to pack for Būkān in April

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

In April, Būkān sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Būkān in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Būkān peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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	4	4	7	9	11	11	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Būkān 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 Būkān is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 19 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)	20	23	29	32	32	25	23	21	22	24	21	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Būkān?

Būkān sits at 36.5°N, 46.2°E, 1,365 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Saqqez, 31 km away.

Topography around Būkān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Būkān has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m around an average of 1,375 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 776 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,310 m.

The land around Būkān is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), grassland (29%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

252 m

artificial surfaces 38%

16 km

776 m

cropland 59%

80 km

2,310 m

grassland 68%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Saqqez 31 km · Shāhīn Dezh 36 km · Mīāndoāb 50 km · Mahābād 51 km · Bāneh 65 km · Malekān 70 km · Sardasht 77 km · Takāb 82 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 352% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,924; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 94%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.4; per 100k, 2014
Road deaths: 21.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Būkān (36.521°, 46.2089°, elevation 1,365 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	15	3
2	15	4
3	16	4
4	16	4
5	16	4
6	16	4
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	5
12	17	5
13	17	5
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	6
20	19	6
21	19	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	34	2
4	34	2
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	34	2
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	1
12	33	1
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	33	1
16	33	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	34	1
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	34	0
30	34	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	34	2
4	34	2
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	34	2
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	1
12	33	1
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	33	1
16	33	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	34	1
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	34	0
30	34	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	34	2
4	34	2
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	34	2
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	1
11	34	1
12	33	1
13	33	1
14	33	1
15	33	1
16	33	1
17	33	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	33	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	33	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	34	1
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	34	0
30	34	0

	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