Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about -8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In January its highs average 2.6°C, 1.7°C cooler than Bagrām, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Bagrām is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kabul in JanuaryAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JanuaryAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Baghlān in JanuaryAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Gardez in JanuaryAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Ghazni in JanuaryAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -12.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Khōst in JanuaryAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Khanabad in JanuaryAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Kunduz in JanuaryAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 44 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.