Maqanshy weather in April

In April, Maqanshy sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 6.2 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Maqanshy's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maqanshy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:52 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical April day in Maqanshy reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 12°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)	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Maqanshy

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Maqanshy weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -15°	32	6.6	6.8	8.8	0.0
Feb	-4° / -13°	25	5.8	5.9	10	0.0
Mar	6° / -5°	27	5.7	3.1	11.6	1.0
Apr	17° / 5°	38	6.2	0.2	13.3	6.1
May	24° / 11°	38	6	0	14.8	7.6
Jun	29° / 16°	34	5.9	0	15.6	6.2
Jul	31° / 18°	33	6.3	0	15.3	4.9
Aug	30° / 16°	24	4.6	0	14	5.8
Sep	25° / 11°	21	4.2	0	12.4	8.1
Oct	16° / 4°	31	5.6	0.6	10.6	5.7
Nov	5° / -4°	48	7.6	4.3	9.2	0.9
Dec	-4° / -11°	39	7.9	7.8	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	57	57	57	58	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	43	43	43	42	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Maqanshy gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 6.2 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 20% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	20	3
2	20	3
3	20	3
4	19	3
5	19	2
6	19	2
7	19	2
8	19	2
9	19	1
10	19	1
11	19	1
12	19	1
13	19	1
14	19	0
15	19	0
16	20	0
17	20	0
18	20	0
19	20	0
20	21	0
21	21	0
22	21	0
23	21	0
24	22	0
25	22	0
26	22	0
27	22	0
28	22	0
29	22	0
30	22	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	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	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	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:32 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)	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:22	6:52
2	12.6	6:20	6:53
3	12.6	6:18	6:54
4	12.7	6:15	6:56
5	12.7	6:13	6:57
6	12.8	6:11	6:59
7	12.8	6:09	7:00
8	12.9	6:07	7:01
9	13.0	6:06	7:03
10	13.0	6:04	7:04
11	13.1	6:02	7:05
12	13.1	6:00	7:07
13	13.2	5:58	7:08
14	13.2	5:56	7:10
15	13.3	5:54	7:11
16	13.3	5:52	7:12
17	13.4	5:50	7:14
18	13.5	5:48	7:15
19	13.5	5:46	7:17
20	13.6	5:44	7:18
21	13.6	5:43	7:19
22	13.7	5:41	7:21
23	13.7	5:39	7:22
24	13.8	5:37	7:23
25	13.8	5:35	7:25
26	13.9	5:34	7:26
27	13.9	5:32	7:28
28	14.0	5:30	7:29
29	14.0	5:29	7:30
30	14.1	5:27	7:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.57 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)	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	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	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Maqanshy?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Maqanshy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maqanshy in April

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

In April, Maqanshy sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Maqanshy 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 Maqanshy peaks around May 19 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	8	6	8	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	8	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Maqanshy 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 Maqanshy is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 10 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)	12	17	20	33	20	13	15	11	16	18	12	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	33	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Maqanshy?

Maqanshy sits at 46.8°N, 82.0°E, 469 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ayagoz, 178 km away.

Topography around Maqanshy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maqanshy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 470 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,625 m.

The land around Maqanshy is covered by grassland (75%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

37 m

grassland 75%

16 km

385 m

grassland 92%

80 km

2,625 m

grassland 74%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

April weather nearby: Ayagoz 178 km · Sarqant 222 km · Zaysan 229 km · Kalbatau 285 km · Zharkent 331 km · Tekeli 332 km · Taldykorgan 344 km · Ushtobe 355 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,692; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 92%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 417
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 Maqanshy (46.7817°, 82.0226°, elevation 469 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	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	15	2
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	16	3
10	16	4
11	16	4
12	17	4
13	17	4
14	17	5
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	6
18	19	6
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	8
26	20	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1