Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghlān weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 3.1°C warmer than Baghlān, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Baghlān is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kunduz in MayAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Khanabad in MayAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Bagrām in MayAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MayAfghanistan · 157 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 176 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Balkh in MayAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Kabul in MayAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Bokhtar in MayTajikistan · 190 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 34 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.