Gonābād weather in April

In April, Gonābād sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 38 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Gonābād's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gonābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
7th warmest
Overnight low
12°
7th coldest
Rainfall
38 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:10 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
45%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Gonābād is city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

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 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical April day in Gonābād reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

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How April really feels in Gonābād

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.

Gonābād weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°336.12.1101.8
Feb11° / 417.41.610.73.0
Mar16° / 559.60.711.75.4
Apr23° / 12°387.4012.87.3
May28° / 17°153.7013.87.0
Jun33° / 21°20.6014.34.9
Jul34° / 23°00.1014.14.2
Aug32° / 21°00.1013.35.4
Sep29° / 17°00.1012.27.6
Oct24° / 12°30.9011.19.1
Nov16° / 143.3010.26.2
Dec11° / 214.50.99.73.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gonābād gets around 38 mm of rain over 7.4 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 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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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Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

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.

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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 5:30 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:12 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:305:50
212.45:295:50
312.45:275:51
412.45:265:52
512.55:255:53
612.55:235:53
712.55:225:54
812.65:205:55
912.65:195:56
1012.65:185:57
1112.75:165:57
1212.75:155:58
1312.85:145:59
1412.85:126:00
1512.85:116:00
1612.95:106:01
1712.95:086:02
1812.95:076:03
1913.05:066:04
2013.05:056:04
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2213.15:026:06
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2513.24:596:08
2613.24:576:09
2713.24:566:10
2813.34:556:11
2913.34:546:12
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Gonābād

In seasonPeak

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

Gonābād 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 Gonābād?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gonābād in April

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

In April, Gonābād sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Gonābād 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 Gonābād peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Gonābād 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 Gonābād is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gonābād?

Gonābād sits at 34.4°N, 58.7°E, 1,095 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ferdows, 60 km away.

Torbat-e ḨeydarīyehBardaskanBoshrūyehKhvāfBīrjand

Topography around Gonābād

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gonābād has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 1,098 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,025 m.

The land around Gonābād is covered by cropland (35%), bare terrain (34%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
466 m
80 km
2,025 m
croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
April weather nearby: Ferdows 60 km · Qā’en 84 km · Kāshmar 100 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 114 km · Bardaskan 120 km · Boshrūyeh 127 km · Khvāf 136 km · Bīrjand 173 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
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Gonābād (34.3529°, 58.6837°, elevation 1,095 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).