Climate averages 1991–2020

Maymana weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Maymana: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In July its highs average 37.7°C, 5.2°C warmer than Maymana, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Maymana is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Maymana, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Maymana

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 limits

How 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.