Climate averages 1991–2020
Balkh weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Balkh: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazār-e Sharīf (20 km away). In September its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Balkh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Balkh ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest September highs and joint 3rd of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Balkh is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.3 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mazār-e Sharīf in SeptemberAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Tirmiz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 62 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kunduz in SeptemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Baghlān in SeptemberAfghanistan · 176 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Denov in SeptemberUzbekistan · 190 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Khanabad in SeptemberAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Bokhtar in SeptemberTajikistan · 205 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Maymana in SeptemberAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 0.8 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.