Istalif climate — normals and trends
Istalif (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 811 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Istalif averages 163 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Istalif 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 179 to 147 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 31 July 2008) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 5 January 2006).
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
IstalifKabul
- coords
- 34.83°, 69.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
811mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
29.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
278.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
33.8 °C
31 July 2008
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
5 January 2006
Wettest day
68 mm
17 March 1957
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
9 June 1978
Strongest gust
79.9 km/h
3 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
1 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
5 January 2006
Snowiest day
46.5 cm
17 March 1957
Sunniest day
13.6 h
5 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 | -4.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 146 mm | +68 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 126 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 4.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 104 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 55 mm | -101 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 65 mm | -67 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 18 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 14 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 11 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 126 mm | +67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Istalif?
Istalif has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 811 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Istalif?
The hottest day measured in Istalif between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2008, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Istalif?
The coldest day measured in Istalif between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2006, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Istalif?
Yes. Istalif gets on average 278.3 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Istalif warmed?
Yes: Istalif warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Istalif?
The wettest day measured in Istalif between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1957, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Istalif?
The windiest day measured in Istalif between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1978, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Istalif?
The warmest month in Istalif is July (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Istalif?
Istalif receives on average 811 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Istalif?
Istalif 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 Istalif?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Istalif between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1957, with 46.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Istalif?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Istalif.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Istalif?
In Istalif, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 1 August 1983, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 5 January 2006.
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