Karukh climate — normals and trends
Karukh (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 311 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Karukh averages 85 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 48 rainy days per year.
Karukh has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 16 June 1953) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 12 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
KarukhHerat
- coords
- 34.48°, 62.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.1°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
311mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
64 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
48 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
41.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
40.4 °C
16 June 1953
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
12 January 2023
Wettest day
51 mm
1 April 1956
Windiest day
41.3 km/h
17 March 1948
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
17 March 1948
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
12 January 2023
Snowiest day
19.5 cm
24 January 1980
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 28 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 68 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 48 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 25.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 5 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 29.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 31.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 10.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 85 mm | +42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karukh?
Karukh has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 311 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karukh?
The hottest day measured in Karukh between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1953, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karukh?
The coldest day measured in Karukh between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2023, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karukh?
Yes. Karukh gets on average 48.0 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Karukh warmed?
Yes: Karukh warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karukh?
The wettest day measured in Karukh between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1956, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karukh?
The windiest day measured in Karukh between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1948, with winds reaching 41.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karukh?
The warmest month in Karukh is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Karukh?
Karukh receives on average 311 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 48 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karukh?
Karukh 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 Karukh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karukh between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1980, with 19.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karukh?
Yes: Karukh has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karukh?
In Karukh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 6 July 1998, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 12 January 2023.
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