Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkh weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Balkh: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km away). In August its highs average 35.6°C, about as warm as Balkh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Balkh ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Balkh is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Balkh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 34 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 40 | 8.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 34 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 36.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 37.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 35.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 23 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 25 | 5.6 | 9.710 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
August in nearby cities
- Mazār-e Sharīf in AugustAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AugustUzbekistan · 62 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kunduz in AugustAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Baghlān in AugustAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 190 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khanabad in AugustAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bokhtar in AugustTajikistan · 205 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Maymana in AugustAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.1 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 Balkh) is explained once on the Balkh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mazār-e Sharīf lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.