Gyzylarbat weather in April

In April, Gyzylarbat sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 31 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Gyzylarbat's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gyzylarbat's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
6th warmest
Overnight low
12°
7th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:45 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
49%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Gyzylarbat is city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan.

Founded
1750

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical April day in Gyzylarbat reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2209
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How April really feels in Gyzylarbat

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Gyzylarbat weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°1641.69.61.4
Feb10° / 255.31.910.52.4
Mar16° / 326.20.511.75.5
Apr23° / 12°314.90137.7
May30° / 18°193.6014.16.0
Jun35° / 23°112014.73.0
Jul38° / 26°40.9014.51.5
Aug37° / 24°71.3013.52.3
Sep31° / 18°91.6012.36.0
Oct23° / 11°163.50118.3
Nov14° / 204.30.49.94.9
Dec / 143.419.31.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 43%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35446
45545
55545
65644
75644
85644
95743
105743
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Gyzylarbat gets around 31 mm of rain over 4.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
119
218
318
417
517
617
716
816
916
1015
1115
1215
1315
1415
1515
1615
1715
1816
1916
2016
2116
2217
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2517
2617
2717
2817
2917
3017

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10973
11973
12973
13973
14973
15973
16964
17964
18964
19964
20964
21964
22964
23964
24955
25955
26946
27937
28928
29928
30919

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
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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 7:08 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 7:59 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:087:31
212.47:077:32
312.57:057:33
412.57:037:34
512.67:027:35
612.67:007:36
712.66:597:37
812.76:577:38
912.76:557:39
1012.86:547:40
1112.86:527:41
1212.96:517:42
1312.96:497:43
1412.96:487:44
1513.06:467:45
1613.06:457:46
1713.16:437:47
1813.16:427:48
1913.16:407:49
2013.26:397:50
2113.26:377:51
2213.36:367:52
2313.36:347:53
2413.36:337:54
2513.46:327:55
2613.46:307:55
2713.56:297:56
2813.56:287:57
2913.56:267:58
3013.66:257:59

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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306.0Intense
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Gyzylarbat

In seasonPeak

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

Gyzylarbat sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Gyzylarbat?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Gyzylarbat for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Gyzylarbat in April

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

In April, Gyzylarbat sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gyzylarbat 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 Gyzylarbat peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Gyzylarbat 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 Gyzylarbat is worst in September — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1751 µg/m³Jan 1721 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr37Poor
May37Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep52Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gyzylarbat?

Gyzylarbat sits at 39.0°N, 56.3°E, 103 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Magtymguly, 60 km away.

BereketBäherdenGumdagĀshkhānehGökdepeBalkanabatArkadag

Topography around Gyzylarbat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gyzylarbat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 105 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 869 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,896 m.

The land around Gyzylarbat is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), grassland (28%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (47%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
869 m
80 km
1,896 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
April weather nearby: Magtymguly 60 km · Bereket 72 km · Bäherden 117 km · Gumdag 148 km · Āshkhāneh 167 km · Gökdepe 172 km · Balkanabat 175 km · Arkadag 185 km

Turkmenistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,540
2025
Happiness
5.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 93%Christian 6%

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 Gyzylarbat (38.9764°, 56.2758°, elevation 103 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).