Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In March its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Ghazni, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Ghazni is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.4°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gardez in MarchAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MarchAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 213 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Kohat in MarchPakistan · 281 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Paharpur in MarchPakistan · 288 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 49 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.