Shemonaikha weather in April

In April, Shemonaikha sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Shemonaikha's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shemonaikha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:46 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Shemonaikha is human settlement in Kazakhstan.

Founded: 1766

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 6°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Shemonaikha reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 13°C warmer than March and about 8°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)	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-5
2	6	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	7	-4
6	7	-3
7	8	-3
8	8	-3
9	9	-2
10	9	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	11	-1
14	11	-1
15	12	0
16	12	0
17	13	0
18	13	0
19	13	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	1
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3

How April really feels in Shemonaikha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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.

Shemonaikha 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-11° / -19°	36	8.4	9.5	8.3	0.0
Feb	-9° / -18°	32	7.2	8.4	9.7	0.0
Mar	-1° / -11°	41	8.4	7.5	11.5	0.0
Apr	11° / -1°	49	9	2.7	13.5	3.0
May	19° / 6°	57	9.9	0.6	15.2	6.2
Jun	24° / 12°	63	10.1	0	16.2	6.9
Jul	25° / 14°	89	13.2	0	15.8	6.5
Aug	24° / 11°	52	8.5	0	14.3	7.3
Sep	18° / 5°	46	8.3	0.3	12.4	6.0
Oct	10° / -1°	56	9.6	3.6	10.4	2.2
Nov	-1° / -10°	61	10.3	9.6	8.7	0.0
Dec	-8° / -16°	51	10.9	11.9	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	45	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	45	46	46	45	44	45	45	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	55	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	55	54	54	55	56	55	55	56	55	55	54	54	54	53	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Shemonaikha gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Snow chance (%)	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	17
2	30	17
3	30	16
4	30	15
5	29	15
6	29	14
7	29	13
8	29	12
9	29	12
10	29	11
11	28	10
12	28	9
13	28	9
14	28	8
15	28	8
16	28	7
17	28	7
18	29	7
19	29	6
20	30	6
21	30	6
22	30	6
23	30	5
24	30	5
25	30	5
26	30	5
27	30	5
28	30	5
29	30	4
30	30	4

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	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	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	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	12	calm
7	12	calm
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	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
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 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:41 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)	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:20	6:54
2	12.6	6:18	6:56
3	12.7	6:15	6:57
4	12.8	6:13	6:59
5	12.8	6:11	7:01
6	12.9	6:09	7:02
7	13.0	6:06	7:04
8	13.0	6:04	7:06
9	13.1	6:02	7:07
10	13.2	6:00	7:09
11	13.2	5:57	7:11
12	13.3	5:55	7:12
13	13.3	5:53	7:14
14	13.4	5:51	7:15
15	13.5	5:49	7:17
16	13.5	5:46	7:19
17	13.6	5:44	7:20
18	13.7	5:42	7:22
19	13.7	5:40	7:24
20	13.8	5:38	7:25
21	13.9	5:36	7:27
22	13.9	5:34	7:29
23	14.0	5:32	7:30
24	14.0	5:30	7:32
25	14.1	5:28	7:33
26	14.2	5:26	7:35
27	14.2	5:24	7:37
28	14.3	5:22	7:38
29	14.3	5:20	7:40
30	14.4	5:18	7:41

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.02 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Shemonaikha?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shemonaikha.

What to pack for Shemonaikha in April

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

In April, Shemonaikha sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Shemonaikha in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shemonaikha peaks around July 18 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	6	6	7	6	4	2	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Shemonaikha?

Shemonaikha sits at 50.6°N, 81.9°E, 300 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Gornyak, 51 km away.

Topography around Shemonaikha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shemonaikha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 321 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 667 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,256 m.

The land around Shemonaikha is covered by grassland (42%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (33%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

grassland 42%

16 km

667 m

cropland 48%

80 km

1,256 m

cropland 39%

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

April weather nearby: Gornyak 51 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 88 km · Rubtsovsk 110 km · Ridder 118 km · Semey 120 km · Kalbatau 146 km · Altay 194 km · Aleysk 216 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 Shemonaikha (50.629°, 81.9109°, elevation 300 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. 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	5	-5
2	6	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	7	-4
6	7	-3
7	8	-3
8	8	-3
9	9	-2
10	9	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	11	-1
14	11	-1
15	12	0
16	12	0
17	13	0
18	13	0
19	13	1
20	14	1
21	14	1
22	14	1
23	15	2
24	15	2
25	15	2
26	15	2
27	15	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	17
2	30	17
3	30	16
4	30	15
5	29	15
6	29	14
7	29	13
8	29	12
9	29	12
10	29	11
11	28	10
12	28	9
13	28	9
14	28	8
15	28	8
16	28	7
17	28	7
18	29	7
19	29	6
20	30	6
21	30	6
22	30	6
23	30	5
24	30	5
25	30	5
26	30	5
27	30	5
28	30	5
29	30	4
30	30	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	17
2	30	17
3	30	16
4	30	15
5	29	15
6	29	14
7	29	13
8	29	12
9	29	12
10	29	11
11	28	10
12	28	9
13	28	9
14	28	8
15	28	8
16	28	7
17	28	7
18	29	7
19	29	6
20	30	6
21	30	6
22	30	6
23	30	5
24	30	5
25	30	5
26	30	5
27	30	5
28	30	5
29	30	4
30	30	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	17
2	30	17
3	30	16
4	30	15
5	29	15
6	29	14
7	29	13
8	29	12
9	29	12
10	29	11
11	28	10
12	28	9
13	28	9
14	28	8
15	28	8
16	28	7
17	28	7
18	29	7
19	29	6
20	30	6
21	30	6
22	30	6
23	30	5
24	30	5
25	30	5
26	30	5
27	30	5
28	30	5
29	30	4
30	30	4

	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