Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Herāt: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In June its highs average 28.6°C, 4.9°C cooler than Herāt, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 33.1°C; Herāt is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in JuneIran · 286 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in JuneIran · 291 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Maymana in JuneAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Mashhad in JuneIran · 320 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Bīrjand in JuneIran · 321 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kāshmar in JuneIran · 355 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mary in JuneTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Bayramaly in JuneTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.9 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.