Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bagrām, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Bagrām is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Bagrām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 47 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 5.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 69 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 5.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 32.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 9.910 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
August in nearby cities
- Kabul in AugustAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AugustAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Baghlān in AugustAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Gardez in AugustAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Ghazni in AugustAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Khōst in AugustAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Khanabad in AugustAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kunduz in AugustAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 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 Bagrām) is explained once on the Bagrām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.