Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In March its highs average 10.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bagrām, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Bagrām is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MarchAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Gardez in MarchAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Ghazni in MarchAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Khanabad in MarchAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Kunduz in MarchAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 76 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.