Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkh weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Balkh: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km away). In October its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Balkh, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Balkh ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest October highs and joint 4th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Balkh is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.7°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.3 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mazār-e Sharīf in OctoberAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Tirmiz in OctoberUzbekistan · 62 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Kunduz in OctoberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Baghlān in OctoberAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Denov in OctoberUzbekistan · 190 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Khanabad in OctoberAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Bokhtar in OctoberTajikistan · 205 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Maymana in OctoberAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 6.0 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.