Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in November.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Herāt: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In November its highs average 12.7°C, 4.4°C cooler than Herāt, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest November highs and joint 4th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 15.8°C; Herāt is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in NovemberIran · 286 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in NovemberIran · 291 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Maymana in NovemberAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Mashhad in NovemberIran · 320 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Bīrjand in NovemberIran · 321 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Kāshmar in NovemberIran · 355 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Mary in NovemberTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Bayramaly in NovemberTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 14 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.