Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ghazni, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 11th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Ghazni is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | -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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gardez in JulyAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Kabul in JulyAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Khōst in JulyAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Bagrām in JulyAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JulyAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Bannu in JulyPakistan · 213 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Kohat in JulyPakistan · 281 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Paharpur in JulyPakistan · 288 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 158 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.