Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghlān weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In March its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Baghlān, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks joint 5th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Baghlān is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kunduz in MarchAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Khanabad in MarchAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MarchAfghanistan · 157 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 176 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Balkh in MarchAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bokhtar in MarchTajikistan · 190 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 63 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.