Qarāwul climate — normals and trends
Qarāwul (Afghanistan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 271 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 (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Qarāwul averages 42 frost days, 150 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 51 rainy days per year.
Qarāwul has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 26 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.4 °C (on 30 June 2022) and the coldest -23.6 °C (on 27 January 1973).
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
QarāwulKunduz
- coords
- 37.22°, 68.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.3°C
Average daily high
25.0°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
271mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
29.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
150 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
51 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.6 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
103 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
47.4 °C
30 June 2022
Coldest day
-23.6 °C
27 January 1973
Wettest day
32 mm
30 April 1979
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
25 January 1974
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
25 January 1974
Hottest feels-like
49.4 °C
30 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
11 February 1950
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
8 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 51 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 29 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 20.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 30.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 36 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 37.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 2 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 38.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 41.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 39.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 35.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 28.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qarāwul?
Qarāwul has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 271 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qarāwul?
The hottest day measured in Qarāwul between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2022, reaching 47.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qarāwul?
The coldest day measured in Qarāwul between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1973, at -23.6 °C.
Does it snow in Qarāwul?
Yes. Qarāwul gets on average 25.6 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Qarāwul warmed?
Yes: Qarāwul warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qarāwul?
The wettest day measured in Qarāwul between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1979, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qarāwul?
The windiest day measured in Qarāwul between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qarāwul?
The warmest month in Qarāwul is July (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Qarāwul?
Qarāwul receives on average 271 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 51 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qarāwul?
Qarāwul gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qarāwul?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qarāwul between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2010, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qarāwul?
Yes: Qarāwul has on average 103 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qarāwul?
In Qarāwul, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.4 °C on 30 July 1983, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 11 February 1950.
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