Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalālābād weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In December its highs average 19.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Jalālābād, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Jalālābād is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Shabqadar in DecemberPakistan · 104 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Peshawar in DecemberPakistan · 114 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Charsadda in DecemberPakistan · 122 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Kohat in DecemberPakistan · 131 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Bat Khela in DecemberPakistan · 141 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 21 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.