Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkh weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Balkh: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km away). In June its highs average 35.9°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 June highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 33.1°C; Balkh is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 37.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JuneAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JuneUzbekistan · 62 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kunduz in JuneAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Baghlān in JuneAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Denov in JuneUzbekistan · 190 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Khanabad in JuneAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JuneTajikistan · 205 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Maymana in JuneAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.1 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.