Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalālābād weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In January its highs average 16.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Jalālābād, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Jalālābād is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Shabqadar in JanuaryPakistan · 104 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Peshawar in JanuaryPakistan · 114 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kabul in JanuaryAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Charsadda in JanuaryPakistan · 122 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bagrām in JanuaryAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Khōst in JanuaryAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Kohat in JanuaryPakistan · 131 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Bat Khela in JanuaryPakistan · 141 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 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.