Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghlān weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In January its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Baghlān, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Baghlān is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kunduz in JanuaryAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Khanabad in JanuaryAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Bagrām in JanuaryAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JanuaryAfghanistan · 157 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 176 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Balkh in JanuaryAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kabul in JanuaryAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JanuaryTajikistan · 190 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 41 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.