Paghmān climate — normals and trends
Paghmān (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 470 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 (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Paghmān averages 154 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.
Paghmān has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 171 to 137 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 9 July 2006) and the coldest -28.1 °C (on 6 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
PaghmānKabul
- coords
- 34.59°, 68.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
1.0°C
Annual rainfall
470mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
29.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
78 d/yr
Annual snowfall
169.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
34.8 °C
9 July 2006
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
6 February 1974
Wettest day
52 mm
17 March 1957
Windiest day
25.5 km/h
20 May 1986
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
3 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
34.4 °C
1 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
30.8 cm
17 March 1957
Sunniest day
13.6 h
16 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 97 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 90 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 6.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 26 mm | -57 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 7 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 71 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paghmān?
Paghmān has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 470 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paghmān?
The hottest day measured in Paghmān between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2006, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paghmān?
The coldest day measured in Paghmān between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1974, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Paghmān?
Yes. Paghmān gets on average 169.5 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Paghmān warmed?
Yes: Paghmān warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Paghmān?
The wettest day measured in Paghmān between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1957, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paghmān?
The windiest day measured in Paghmān between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1986, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paghmān?
The warmest month in Paghmān is July (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Paghmān?
Paghmān receives on average 470 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paghmān?
Paghmān 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 Paghmān?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paghmān between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1957, with 30.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paghmān?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Paghmān.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paghmān?
In Paghmān, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 1 August 1983, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 13 January 2023.
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