Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghlān weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In December its highs average 10.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Baghlān, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Baghlān is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Baghlān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 55 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 67 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 99 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 63 | 7.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 46 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Kunduz in DecemberAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Khanabad in DecemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in DecemberAfghanistan · 157 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 176 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Balkh in DecemberAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Bokhtar in DecemberTajikistan · 190 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 37 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baghlān) is explained once on the Baghlān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.