Maymana climate — normals and trends
Maymana (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 365 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Maymana averages 82 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Maymana has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 91 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 13 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
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- coords
- 35.92°, 64.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
365mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
83 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.012
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
42.6 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
13 January 2023
Wettest day
48 mm
19 May 1963
Windiest day
35.9 km/h
20 April 1958
Strongest gust
77.0 km/h
4 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
23 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
3 February 2017
Sunniest day
13.9 h
11 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 8.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 44 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 93 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 20 mm | -47 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 30.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 2 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 46 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maymana?
Maymana has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maymana?
The hottest day measured in Maymana between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maymana?
The coldest day measured in Maymana between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2023, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Maymana?
Yes. Maymana gets on average 60.3 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Maymana warmed?
Yes: Maymana warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maymana?
The wettest day measured in Maymana between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1963, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maymana?
The windiest day measured in Maymana between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1958, with winds reaching 35.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maymana?
The warmest month in Maymana is July (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Maymana?
Maymana receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maymana?
Maymana gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maymana?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maymana between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2017, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maymana?
Yes: Maymana has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maymana?
In Maymana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 23 July 1983, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 13 January 2023.
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