Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Herāt: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In July its highs average 30.0°C, 4.7°C cooler than Herāt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Herāt is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Herāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 9.910 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
July in nearby cities
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in JulyIran · 286 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in JulyIran · 291 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Maymana in JulyAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Mashhad in JulyIran · 320 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Bīrjand in JulyIran · 321 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kāshmar in JulyIran · 355 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Mary in JulyTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bayramaly in JulyTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.4 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 Herāt) is explained once on the Herāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.