Karaçoban weather in April

In April, Karaçoban sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 101 mm of precipitation across 15.4 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Karaçoban's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karaçoban's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 101 mm; 15.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 4:41 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Karaçoban is district and town of Erzurum, Turkey.

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 10°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Karaçoban reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

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

How April really feels in Karaçoban

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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.

Karaçoban weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -11°	54	8.6	9.6	9.5	0.0
Feb	1° / -9°	56	9.4	9.4	10.5	0.0
Mar	6° / -4°	79	11.9	9.5	11.7	0.5
Apr	12° / 1°	101	15.4	4	13	2.9
May	18° / 6°	87	15.8	0.1	14.1	5.2
Jun	24° / 10°	29	7.2	0	14.7	7.8
Jul	29° / 14°	11	3.2	0	14.5	7.1
Aug	30° / 14°	6	1.8	0	13.5	6.9
Sep	25° / 10°	14	2.7	0	12.3	8.6
Oct	17° / 4°	44	6.9	0.2	11	6.2
Nov	8° / -2°	50	6.9	3.8	9.8	1.6
Dec	2° / -8°	56	8.4	8.6	9.3	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	49	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	47	47	46	47
Cloudier (%)	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50	51	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	53	53	54	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	47	53

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Karaçoban gets around 101 mm of rain and snow over 15.4 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days, and about 4 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 (%)	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58
Snow chance (%)	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	23
2	45	22
3	46	22
4	46	21
5	46	20
6	47	19
7	47	18
8	48	18
9	48	17
10	48	16
11	49	15
12	49	15
13	50	14
14	51	14
15	51	14
16	52	13
17	52	13
18	52	12
19	53	12
20	53	11
21	54	10
22	54	10
23	55	9
24	55	8
25	56	8
26	56	7
27	57	6
28	57	6
29	57	5
30	58	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 7 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:57 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	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	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	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:05	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:35	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:29	4:28	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:22	4:21
Sunset (PM)	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:05	5:28
2	12.4	5:03	5:29
3	12.5	5:01	5:30
4	12.5	5:00	5:31
5	12.6	4:58	5:32
6	12.6	4:57	5:33
7	12.6	4:55	5:34
8	12.7	4:53	5:35
9	12.7	4:52	5:36
10	12.8	4:50	5:37
11	12.8	4:49	5:38
12	12.9	4:47	5:39
13	12.9	4:46	5:40
14	12.9	4:44	5:41
15	13.0	4:42	5:42
16	13.0	4:41	5:43
17	13.1	4:39	5:44
18	13.1	4:38	5:45
19	13.2	4:36	5:46
20	13.2	4:35	5:47
21	13.2	4:33	5:48
22	13.3	4:32	5:49
23	13.3	4:31	5:50
24	13.4	4:29	5:51
25	13.4	4:28	5:52
26	13.4	4:26	5:53
27	13.5	4:25	5:54
28	13.5	4:24	5:55
29	13.6	4:22	5:56
30	13.6	4:21	5:57

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.64 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Karaçoban

In seasonPeak

In April, Karaçoban sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Karaçoban's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Karaçoban?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Karaçoban.

What to pack for Karaçoban in April

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

In April, Karaçoban sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 1°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Karaçoban 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 Karaçoban peaks around August 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

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	4	4	7	8	11	10	11	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Karaçoban 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 Karaçoban is worst in May — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	14	18	22	24	25	19	15	16	15	18	15	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Karaçoban?

Karaçoban sits at 39.3°N, 42.1°E, 1,522 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bulanık, 32 km away.

Topography around Karaçoban

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karaçoban has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 1,568 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,316 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,792 m.

The land around Karaçoban is covered by cropland (56%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

201 m

cropland 56%

16 km

1,316 m

grassland 60%

80 km

2,792 m

grassland 69%

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

April weather nearby: Bulanık 32 km · Hınıs 35 km · Malazgirt 43 km · Varto 59 km · Patnos 67 km · Ahlat 74 km · Horasan 77 km · Pasinler 80 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 Karaçoban (39.3436°, 42.0992°, elevation 1,522 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	9	-1
2	10	-1
3	10	-1
4	10	-1
5	10	-1
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	12	0
11	12	1
12	12	1
13	12	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	3
25	14	3
26	14	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	23
2	45	22
3	46	22
4	46	21
5	46	20
6	47	19
7	47	18
8	48	18
9	48	17
10	48	16
11	49	15
12	49	15
13	50	14
14	51	14
15	51	14
16	52	13
17	52	13
18	52	12
19	53	12
20	53	11
21	54	10
22	54	10
23	55	9
24	55	8
25	56	8
26	56	7
27	57	6
28	57	6
29	57	5
30	58	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	9	-1
2	10	-1
3	10	-1
4	10	-1
5	10	-1
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	12	0
11	12	1
12	12	1
13	12	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	3
25	14	3
26	14	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	23
2	45	22
3	46	22
4	46	21
5	46	20
6	47	19
7	47	18
8	48	18
9	48	17
10	48	16
11	49	15
12	49	15
13	50	14
14	51	14
15	51	14
16	52	13
17	52	13
18	52	12
19	53	12
20	53	11
21	54	10
22	54	10
23	55	9
24	55	8
25	56	8
26	56	7
27	57	6
28	57	6
29	57	5
30	58	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	9	-1
2	10	-1
3	10	-1
4	10	-1
5	10	-1
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	12	0
11	12	1
12	12	1
13	12	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	13	1
17	13	1
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	3
25	14	3
26	14	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	15	3
30	15	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	48	52
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	23
2	45	22
3	46	22
4	46	21
5	46	20
6	47	19
7	47	18
8	48	18
9	48	17
10	48	16
11	49	15
12	49	15
13	50	14
14	51	14
15	51	14
16	52	13
17	52	13
18	52	12
19	53	12
20	53	11
21	54	10
22	54	10
23	55	9
24	55	8
25	56	8
26	56	7
27	57	6
28	57	6
29	57	5
30	58	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