Kochkor weather in April

In April, Kochkor sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kochkor's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kochkor's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:23 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

← March Kochkor 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 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

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

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

How April really feels in Kochkor

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.

Kochkor weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -17°	4	1.4	2.1	9.3	0.0
Feb	-3° / -15°	11	3.1	4.3	10.3	0.0
Mar	3° / -8°	27	7	7.3	11.6	0.1
Apr	10° / -2°	56	11.3	7	13.1	2.0
May	14° / 2°	80	16.6	3	14.4	3.4
Jun	17° / 6°	78	17.1	0.4	15	4.6
Jul	19° / 9°	75	17.1	0	14.8	5.4
Aug	19° / 8°	58	13.4	0.2	13.7	5.9
Sep	15° / 4°	45	11.3	1.7	12.3	4.8
Oct	9° / -3°	28	7.2	4.2	10.8	1.9
Nov	1° / -9°	14	4.1	4.7	9.6	0.0
Dec	-4° / -15°	7	2.6	3.7	9	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% 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 (%)	43	43	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	44	44	42	42
Cloudier (%)	57	57	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	56	56	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Kochkor gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42
Snow chance (%)	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	28
2	33	29
3	34	29
4	34	29
5	35	29
6	35	29
7	35	28
8	35	28
9	35	27
10	35	26
11	35	26
12	36	25
13	36	24
14	36	24
15	36	23
16	37	22
17	37	21
18	37	21
19	38	20
20	38	19
21	39	19
22	39	18
23	39	18
24	40	18
25	40	17
26	40	17
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	42	15

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 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:47 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)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01
Sunset (PM)	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:49	7:14
2	12.5	6:47	7:16
3	12.5	6:45	7:17
4	12.6	6:44	7:18
5	12.6	6:42	7:19
6	12.7	6:40	7:20
7	12.7	6:38	7:21
8	12.8	6:37	7:22
9	12.8	6:35	7:23
10	12.9	6:33	7:25
11	12.9	6:31	7:26
12	13.0	6:30	7:27
13	13.0	6:28	7:28
14	13.0	6:26	7:29
15	13.1	6:25	7:30
16	13.1	6:23	7:31
17	13.2	6:21	7:33
18	13.2	6:20	7:34
19	13.3	6:18	7:35
20	13.3	6:16	7:36
21	13.4	6:15	7:37
22	13.4	6:13	7:38
23	13.5	6:12	7:39
24	13.5	6:10	7:41
25	13.6	6:09	7:42
26	13.6	6:07	7:43
27	13.6	6:06	7:44
28	13.7	6:04	7:45
29	13.7	6:03	7:46
30	13.8	6:01	7:47

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.1 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	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	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	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Kochkor?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kochkor.

What to pack for Kochkor in April

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

In April, Kochkor sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectionrain gear

UV index in Kochkor in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kochkor peaks around May 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	11	9	10	9	7	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Kochkor 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 Kochkor is worst in April — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.2× the cleanest month (December, 4 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)	5	6	16	22	20	17	15	13	11	10	5	4
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	5	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kochkor?

Kochkor sits at 42.2°N, 75.8°E, 0 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Balykchy, 45 km away.

Topography around Kochkor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kochkor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 1,817 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,394 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,863 m.

The land around Kochkor is covered by cropland (46%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

cropland 46%

16 km

2,394 m

grassland 69%

80 km

3,863 m

grassland 68%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

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

April weather nearby: Balykchy 45 km · Tokmok 79 km · Naryn 90 km · Ivanovka 93 km · Kant 106 km · Lebedinovka 115 km · Bishkek 120 km · Almaty 149 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,081; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 443
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 Kochkor (42.2155°, 75.7566°, elevation 0 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	7	-4
2	7	-4
3	7	-4
4	7	-4
5	7	-4
6	8	-4
7	8	-3
8	8	-3
9	8	-3
10	8	-3
11	9	-3
12	9	-3
13	9	-2
14	9	-2
15	10	-2
16	10	-2
17	10	-2
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	11	-1
21	11	-1
22	11	-1
23	11	-1
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	0
30	12	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	28
2	33	29
3	34	29
4	34	29
5	35	29
6	35	29
7	35	28
8	35	28
9	35	27
10	35	26
11	35	26
12	36	25
13	36	24
14	36	24
15	36	23
16	37	22
17	37	21
18	37	21
19	38	20
20	38	19
21	39	19
22	39	18
23	39	18
24	40	18
25	40	17
26	40	17
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	42	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	28
2	33	29
3	34	29
4	34	29
5	35	29
6	35	29
7	35	28
8	35	28
9	35	27
10	35	26
11	35	26
12	36	25
13	36	24
14	36	24
15	36	23
16	37	22
17	37	21
18	37	21
19	38	20
20	38	19
21	39	19
22	39	18
23	39	18
24	40	18
25	40	17
26	40	17
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	42	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	28
2	33	29
3	34	29
4	34	29
5	35	29
6	35	29
7	35	28
8	35	28
9	35	27
10	35	26
11	35	26
12	36	25
13	36	24
14	36	24
15	36	23
16	37	22
17	37	21
18	37	21
19	38	20
20	38	19
21	39	19
22	39	18
23	39	18
24	40	18
25	40	17
26	40	17
27	41	16
28	41	16
29	41	15
30	42	15

	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