Aksaray weather in April

In April, Aksaray sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 13 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 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Aksaray's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aksaray's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:14 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Aksaray is central district and city in Aksaray Province, Turkey.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 36.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Aksaray reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°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	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Aksaray

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.

Aksaray 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	5° / -3°	42	8.1	4.9	9.6	0.2
Feb	8° / -2°	33	7.2	3.7	10.5	1.2
Mar	12° / 2°	46	9.8	3.2	11.7	3.4
Apr	17° / 6°	45	9.1	0.5	13	5.8
May	23° / 11°	38	8.4	0	14.1	7.4
Jun	27° / 15°	19	4.8	0	14.6	7.6
Jul	31° / 18°	3	0.7	0	14.4	6.3
Aug	31° / 17°	3	0.8	0	13.5	6.3
Sep	27° / 13°	8	2	0	12.3	8.5
Oct	21° / 8°	22	4.6	0.1	11	7.7
Nov	13° / 2°	33	5.1	1.2	9.9	4.3
Dec	7° / -1°	42	8	3.3	9.4	1.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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	56	56	56	56	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	62	62
Cloudier (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	38	38

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Aksaray gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 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 31% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	32	3
6	31	3
7	31	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	29	2
11	29	2
12	29	2
13	29	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	30	1
19	30	1
20	30	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	0
27	32	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	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 9 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 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 5:37 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:27 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	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:37	6:00
2	12.4	5:36	6:01
3	12.5	5:34	6:02
4	12.5	5:33	6:03
5	12.5	5:31	6:04
6	12.6	5:30	6:04
7	12.6	5:28	6:05
8	12.7	5:26	6:06
9	12.7	5:25	6:07
10	12.7	5:23	6:08
11	12.8	5:22	6:09
12	12.8	5:20	6:10
13	12.9	5:19	6:11
14	12.9	5:17	6:12
15	13.0	5:16	6:13
16	13.0	5:14	6:14
17	13.0	5:13	6:15
18	13.1	5:11	6:16
19	13.1	5:10	6:17
20	13.2	5:08	6:18
21	13.2	5:07	6:19
22	13.2	5:06	6:20
23	13.3	5:04	6:21
24	13.3	5:03	6:22
25	13.4	5:02	6:23
26	13.4	5:00	6:24
27	13.4	4:59	6:25
28	13.5	4:58	6:25
29	13.5	4:56	6:26
30	13.5	4:55	6:27

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6 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)	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	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
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Aksaray?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Aksaray for sightseeing.

What to pack for Aksaray in April

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

In April, Aksaray sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Aksaray in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aksaray peaks around July 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	8	8	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Aksaray 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 Aksaray is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 12 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	16	19	21	23	20	14	15	16	17	18	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aksaray?

Aksaray sits at 38.4°N, 34.0°E, 976 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Ortaköy, 41 km away.

Topography around Aksaray

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aksaray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 989 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,358 m.

The land around Aksaray is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

208 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

416 m

cropland 55%

80 km

2,358 m

cropland 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

April weather nearby: Ortaköy 41 km · Nevşehir 66 km · Bor 71 km · Niğde 73 km · Şereflikoçhisar 76 km · Cappadocia 76 km · Ürgüp 82 km · Mucur 83 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
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 Aksaray (38.3725°, 34.0254°, elevation 976 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	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	16	4
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	20	8
30	20	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	32	3
6	31	3
7	31	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	29	2
11	29	2
12	29	2
13	29	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	30	1
19	30	1
20	30	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	0
27	32	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	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	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	16	4
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	20	8
30	20	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	32	3
6	31	3
7	31	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	29	2
11	29	2
12	29	2
13	29	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	30	1
19	30	1
20	30	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	0
27	32	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	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	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	16	4
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	18	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	7
26	19	7
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	20	8
30	20	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	4
3	32	4
4	32	3
5	32	3
6	31	3
7	31	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	29	2
11	29	2
12	29	2
13	29	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	30	1
19	30	1
20	30	1
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	0
27	32	0
28	31	0
29	31	0
30	31	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