Charikar climate — normals and trends
Charikar (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 335 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Charikar averages 124 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 52 rainy days per year.
Charikar has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 31 July 2008) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 12 January 1945).
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
CharikarParwan
- coords
- 35.01°, 69.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
335mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
52 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
37.7 °C
31 July 2008
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
12 January 1945
Wettest day
50 mm
17 March 1957
Windiest day
29.3 km/h
20 May 1986
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
3 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
12 January 1945
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
28 January 1950
Sunniest day
13.7 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 74 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 74 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 10 mm | -43 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 11 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 21.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 15.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 55 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Charikar?
Charikar has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 335 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Charikar?
The hottest day measured in Charikar between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2008, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Charikar?
The coldest day measured in Charikar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1945, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in Charikar?
Yes. Charikar gets on average 104.5 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Charikar warmed?
Yes: Charikar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Charikar?
The wettest day measured in Charikar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1957, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Charikar?
The windiest day measured in Charikar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1986, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Charikar?
The warmest month in Charikar is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Charikar?
Charikar receives on average 335 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Charikar?
Charikar 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 Charikar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Charikar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1950, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Charikar?
Yes: Charikar has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Charikar?
In Charikar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 31 July 1983, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 12 January 1945.
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