Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In September its highs average 27.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bagrām, with 7.2 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Bagrām is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kabul in SeptemberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Jalālābād in SeptemberAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Baghlān in SeptemberAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Gardez in SeptemberAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Ghazni in SeptemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Khōst in SeptemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Khanabad in SeptemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kunduz in SeptemberAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.6 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.