Ghazni climate — normals and trends
Ghazni (Afghanistan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 290 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ghazni averages 151 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 50 rainy days per year.
Ghazni has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 166 to 136 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 9 July 2006) and the coldest -30.7 °C (on 7 February 1974).
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
GhazniGhazni
- coords
- 33.55°, 68.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
290mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
30.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
151 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
50 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
36.7 °C
9 July 2006
Coldest day
-30.7 °C
7 February 1974
Wettest day
44 mm
12 April 2024
Windiest day
42.4 km/h
19 April 2015
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
19 April 2015
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
22 July 1967
Coldest feels-like
-37.2 °C
7 February 1974
Snowiest day
27.9 cm
9 February 2007
Sunniest day
13.3 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 70 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 73 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 21.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 8 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 6 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 18 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 13.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 27 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ghazni?
Ghazni has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 290 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ghazni?
The hottest day measured in Ghazni between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2006, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ghazni?
The coldest day measured in Ghazni between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1974, at -30.7 °C.
Does it snow in Ghazni?
Yes. Ghazni gets on average 98.2 cm of snow per year and has around 151 frost days.
Has the climate of Ghazni warmed?
Yes: Ghazni warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ghazni?
The wettest day measured in Ghazni between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ghazni?
The windiest day measured in Ghazni between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2015, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ghazni?
The warmest month in Ghazni is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ghazni?
Ghazni receives on average 290 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 50 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ghazni?
Ghazni gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ghazni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ghazni between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2007, with 27.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ghazni?
Yes: Ghazni has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ghazni?
In Ghazni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 22 July 1967, and the lowest was -37.2 °C on 7 February 1974.
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