Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bagrām, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Bagrām is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Jalālābād in DecemberAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Baghlān in DecemberAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Gardez in DecemberAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ghazni in DecemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Khanabad in DecemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Kunduz in DecemberAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 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.