Climate averages 1991–2020
Maymana weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Maymana: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In March its highs average 17.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Maymana, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Maymana is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 65 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Balkh in MarchAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MarchAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 266 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Herāt in MarchAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bayramaly in MarchTurkmenistan · 300 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Mary in MarchTurkmenistan · 322 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Qarshi in MarchUzbekistan · 339 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 354 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 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.