Climate averages 1991–2020
Maymana weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Maymana: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In December its highs average 10.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Maymana, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Maymana is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 47 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
Maymana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 47 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.8°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 60 | 9.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 29 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 6.0 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 6.6 | 9.810 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
- Balkh in DecemberAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in DecemberAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 266 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Herāt in DecemberAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Bayramaly in DecemberTurkmenistan · 300 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Mary in DecemberTurkmenistan · 322 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Qarshi in DecemberUzbekistan · 339 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Baghlān in DecemberAfghanistan · 354 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 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 Maymana) is explained once on the Maymana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.