Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Ghazni: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In January its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Ghazni, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 14 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Ghazni is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Ghazni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -0.3°C-12.9°C | -12.9°C | 36 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.2°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 50 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.0 | 2.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 4.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 18 | 2.9 | 10.010 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
January in nearby cities
- Gardez in JanuaryAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kabul in JanuaryAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Khōst in JanuaryAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Bagrām in JanuaryAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JanuaryAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Bannu in JanuaryPakistan · 213 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Kohat in JanuaryPakistan · 281 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Paharpur in JanuaryPakistan · 288 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 19 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 Ghazni) is explained once on the Ghazni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.