Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazār-e Sharīf weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Mazār-e Sharīf: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (20 km away). In July its highs average 37.7°C, about as warm as Mazār-e Sharīf, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Mazār-e Sharīf ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest July highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Mazār-e Sharīf is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Mazār-e Sharīf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 40 | 8.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 34 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 37.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 23 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 25 | 5.6 | 9.710 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
- Balkh in JulyAfghanistan · 20 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JulyUzbekistan · 59 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kunduz in JulyAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Baghlān in JulyAfghanistan · 157 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Khanabad in JulyAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Denov in JulyUzbekistan · 187 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JulyTajikistan · 194 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Maymana in JulyAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.5 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 Mazār-e Sharīf) is explained once on the Mazār-e Sharīf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Balkh lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.