Nahrin climate — normals and trends
Nahrin (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 520 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Nahrin averages 147 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Nahrin has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 133 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -27.9 °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
NahrinBaghlan
- coords
- 36.06°, 69.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
520mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
32.8 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
13 January 2023
Wettest day
43 mm
4 May 2009
Windiest day
18.8 km/h
13 June 1941
Strongest gust
74.9 km/h
5 December 1994
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
11 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
9 December 2007
Sunniest day
13.9 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 35 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 42 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 6.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 117 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 67 mm | -51 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -92 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 17 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 17.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 14 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 18 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nahrin?
Nahrin has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 520 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nahrin?
The hottest day measured in Nahrin between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nahrin?
The coldest day measured in Nahrin between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2023, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Nahrin?
Yes. Nahrin gets on average 130.3 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Nahrin warmed?
Yes: Nahrin warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nahrin?
The wettest day measured in Nahrin between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2009, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nahrin?
The windiest day measured in Nahrin between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1941, with winds reaching 18.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nahrin?
The warmest month in Nahrin is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Nahrin?
Nahrin receives on average 520 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nahrin?
Nahrin gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nahrin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nahrin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 2007, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nahrin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nahrin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nahrin?
In Nahrin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 11 July 1958, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 13 January 2023.
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