Pul-e Khumri climate — normals and trends
Pul-e Khumri (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 497 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Pul-e Khumri averages 87 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Pul-e Khumri has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 104 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -25.5 °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
Pul-e KhumriBaghlan
- coords
- 35.94°, 68.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.6°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
497mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
8.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
82 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
24.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
41.2 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-25.5 °C
13 January 2023
Wettest day
52 mm
27 April 1984
Windiest day
20.1 km/h
15 February 2020
Strongest gust
70.6 km/h
18 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
30 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-29.9 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
24 February 2015
Sunniest day
13.8 h
17 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 10.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 69 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 114 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 41 mm | -66 mm |
| May | 27.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -58 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 32.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 30.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 22 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 27 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pul-e Khumri?
Pul-e Khumri has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 497 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pul-e Khumri?
The hottest day measured in Pul-e Khumri between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pul-e Khumri?
The coldest day measured in Pul-e Khumri between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2023, at -25.5 °C.
Does it snow in Pul-e Khumri?
Yes. Pul-e Khumri gets on average 68.0 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Pul-e Khumri warmed?
Yes: Pul-e Khumri warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pul-e Khumri?
The wettest day measured in Pul-e Khumri between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1984, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pul-e Khumri?
The windiest day measured in Pul-e Khumri between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2020, with winds reaching 20.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pul-e Khumri?
The warmest month in Pul-e Khumri is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Pul-e Khumri?
Pul-e Khumri receives on average 497 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pul-e Khumri?
Pul-e Khumri 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 Pul-e Khumri?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pul-e Khumri between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2015, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pul-e Khumri?
Yes: Pul-e Khumri has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pul-e Khumri?
In Pul-e Khumri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 30 July 1983, and the lowest was -29.9 °C on 13 January 2023.
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