Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bagrām, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks joint 10th of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Bagrām is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kabul in MayAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MayAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Gardez in MayAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Ghazni in MayAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Khōst in MayAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Khanabad in MayAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Kunduz in MayAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 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.