Climate averages 1991–2020

Baghlān weather
in September.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.7°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 15.2°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 2.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Baghlān · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Baghlān: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (68 km away). In September its highs average 32.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Baghlān, with 2.6 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Baghlān ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Baghlān is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Baghlān, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.2°C-3.2°C-3.2°C559.010.010 h
February 11.5°C-1.3°C-1.3°C6710.110.811 h
March 17.3°C4.0°C4.0°C9311.811.912 h
April 22.5°C9.6°C9.6°C9911.613.113 h
May 27.0°C13.7°C13.7°C637.114.114 h
June 32.9°C17.4°C17.4°C5.81.414.615 h
July 36.3°C20.1°C20.1°C1.60.414.414 h
August 35.4°C19.4°C19.4°C0.10.013.514 h
September, selected 30.7°C15.2°C15.2°C2.10.512.412 h
October 23.7°C9.8°C9.8°C173.111.311 h
November 16.4°C4.0°C4.0°C467.610.310 h
December 11.4°C-1.2°C-1.2°C437.49.810 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Baghlān

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 limits

How 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.