Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkh weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Balkh: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km away). In July its highs average 37.6°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 July highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Balkh is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 37.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JulyAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JulyUzbekistan · 62 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kunduz in JulyAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Baghlān in JulyAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Denov in JulyUzbekistan · 190 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Khanabad in JulyAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JulyTajikistan · 205 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Maymana in JulyAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.5 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.