Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalālābād weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In March its highs average 23.1°C, 2.8°C warmer than Jalālābād, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Jalālābād is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Shabqadar in MarchPakistan · 104 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Peshawar in MarchPakistan · 114 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Charsadda in MarchPakistan · 122 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Kohat in MarchPakistan · 131 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Bat Khela in MarchPakistan · 141 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 107 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.