Climate averages 1991–2020
Maymana weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Maymana: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Maymana, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks joint 10th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Maymana is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 2.1 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Balkh in MayAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MayAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 266 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Herāt in MayAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Bayramaly in MayTurkmenistan · 300 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Mary in MayTurkmenistan · 322 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Qarshi in MayUzbekistan · 339 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 354 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 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.