Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalālābād weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Jalālābād, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Jalālābād is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Jalālābād climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 26 | 4.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 32.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 37.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 21 | 3.0 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 34.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 7.4 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.1 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Shabqadar in AugustPakistan · 104 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Peshawar in AugustPakistan · 114 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Kabul in AugustAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Charsadda in AugustPakistan · 122 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Bagrām in AugustAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Khōst in AugustAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Kohat in AugustPakistan · 131 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Bat Khela in AugustPakistan · 141 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 121 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 Jalālābād) is explained once on the Jalālābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.