Bāzār-e Yakāwlang climate — normals and trends
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang (Afghanistan) has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Dsc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 315 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 July (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang averages 237 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 250 to 224 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.8 °C (on 17 July 1997) and the coldest -38.3 °C (on 13 January 2023).
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
Bāzār-e YakāwlangBamyan
- coords
- 34.74°, 66.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.2°C
Average daily high
6.0°C
Average daily low
-5.8°C
Annual rainfall
315mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
237 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
190.4 cm
Average feels-like high
3.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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
27.8 °C
17 July 1997
Coldest day
-38.3 °C
13 January 2023
Wettest day
33 mm
24 March 1988
Windiest day
25.7 km/h
25 January 1974
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
7 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
27.4 °C
17 July 1997
Coldest feels-like
-43.6 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
24 March 1988
Sunniest day
13.5 h
16 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -10.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -7.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | -4.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 45 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 7.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 8 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 13 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | -3.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 54 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Köppen Dsc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 315 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The hottest day measured in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1997, reaching 27.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The coldest day measured in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2023, at -38.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
Yes. Bāzār-e Yakāwlang gets on average 190.4 cm of snow per year and has around 237 frost days.
Has the climate of Bāzār-e Yakāwlang warmed?
Yes: Bāzār-e Yakāwlang warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The wettest day measured in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1988, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The windiest day measured in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 25.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The warmest month in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is July (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang receives on average 315 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
Bāzār-e Yakāwlang gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1988, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?
In Bāzār-e Yakāwlang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.4 °C on 17 July 1997, and the lowest was -43.6 °C on 13 January 2023.
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