Bazarak climate — normals and trends
Bazarak (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 438 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 (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Bazarak averages 199 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Bazarak has warmed by +2.0 °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 212 to 186 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 30 July 1983) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 5 December 2002).
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
BazarakPanjshir
- coords
- 35.31°, 69.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
8.6°C
Average daily low
-2.3°C
Annual rainfall
438mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
7.6km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
199 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
232.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
29.5 °C
30 July 1983
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
5 December 2002
Wettest day
52 mm
24 February 2015
Windiest day
17.2 km/h
6 June 1941
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
29 January 1950
Hottest feels-like
29.9 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
5 December 2002
Snowiest day
34.7 cm
24 February 2015
Sunniest day
13.8 h
16 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -6.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 77 mm | +24 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 81 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 0.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 106 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 19 mm | -53 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 22 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 21.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 21.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 1 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 55 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bazarak?
Bazarak has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 438 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bazarak?
The hottest day measured in Bazarak between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1983, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bazarak?
The coldest day measured in Bazarak between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 2002, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bazarak?
Yes. Bazarak gets on average 232.9 cm of snow per year and has around 199 frost days.
Has the climate of Bazarak warmed?
Yes: Bazarak warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bazarak?
The wettest day measured in Bazarak between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2015, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bazarak?
The windiest day measured in Bazarak between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1941, with winds reaching 17.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bazarak?
The warmest month in Bazarak is July (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bazarak?
Bazarak receives on average 438 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bazarak?
Bazarak gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bazarak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bazarak between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2015, with 34.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bazarak?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bazarak.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bazarak?
In Bazarak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.9 °C on 31 July 1983, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 5 December 2002.
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