Climate averages 1991–2020
Jalālābād weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Jalālābād: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shabqadar (104 km away). In May its highs average 36.1°C, 3.6°C warmer than Jalālābād, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Jalālābād ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Jalālābād is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.3 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Shabqadar in MayPakistan · 104 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Peshawar in MayPakistan · 114 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Kabul in MayAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Charsadda in MayPakistan · 122 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Bagrām in MayAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Khōst in MayAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Kohat in MayPakistan · 131 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Bat Khela in MayPakistan · 141 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 26 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.