Asadabad climate — normals and trends
Asadabad (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Asadabad averages 53 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Asadabad has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 73 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 8 June 1947) and the coldest -15.1 °C (on 27 January 1964).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AsadabadKunar
- coords
- 34.87°, 71.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
899mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
84 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
32.6 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
24.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
58 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.2 °C
8 June 1947
Coldest day
-15.1 °C
27 January 1964
Wettest day
163 mm
27 July 1965
Windiest day
20.0 km/h
6 June 1945
Strongest gust
77.0 km/h
24 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
9 July 2006
Coldest feels-like
-20.4 °C
27 January 1964
Snowiest day
33.7 cm
20 January 1968
Sunniest day
13.9 h
12 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 31 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 15.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 114 mm | +25 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 116 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 39 mm | -62 mm |
| May | 32.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 34.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 80 mm | +53 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 181 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 158 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 14 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 21.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 4 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 16.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 43 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Asadabad?
Asadabad has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Asadabad?
The hottest day measured in Asadabad between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1947, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Asadabad?
The coldest day measured in Asadabad between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, at -15.1 °C.
Does it snow in Asadabad?
Yes. Asadabad gets on average 32.6 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Asadabad warmed?
Yes: Asadabad warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Asadabad?
The wettest day measured in Asadabad between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1965, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Asadabad?
The windiest day measured in Asadabad between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1945, with winds reaching 20.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Asadabad?
The warmest month in Asadabad is June (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Asadabad?
Asadabad receives on average 899 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Asadabad?
Asadabad gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Asadabad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Asadabad between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1968, with 33.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Asadabad?
Yes: Asadabad has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Asadabad?
In Asadabad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 9 July 2006, and the lowest was -20.4 °C on 27 January 1964.
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