Qarqin climate — normals and trends
Qarqin (Afghanistan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 223 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 (32.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Qarqin averages 32 frost days, 152 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Qarqin has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 41 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.2 °C (on 9 July 1944) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 23 January 2008).
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
QarqinJowzjan
- coords
- 37.42°, 66.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.8°C
Average daily high
25.2°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
223mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
152 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
101 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
49.2 °C
9 July 1944
Coldest day
-20.1 °C
23 January 2008
Wettest day
38 mm
5 December 1994
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
25 March 2021
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
25 March 2021
Hottest feels-like
49.8 °C
29 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-24.6 °C
27 January 1969
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
25 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.1 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 | 10.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 16 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 13.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 37 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 38 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 30.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 26 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 35.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 38.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 42.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 38.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 19.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 14.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 34 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qarqin?
Qarqin has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 223 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qarqin?
The hottest day measured in Qarqin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1944, reaching 49.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qarqin?
The coldest day measured in Qarqin between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2008, at -20.1 °C.
Does it snow in Qarqin?
Yes. Qarqin gets on average 15.1 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Qarqin warmed?
Yes: Qarqin warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qarqin?
The wettest day measured in Qarqin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1994, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qarqin?
The windiest day measured in Qarqin between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2021, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qarqin?
The warmest month in Qarqin is July (32.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Qarqin?
Qarqin receives on average 223 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qarqin?
Qarqin gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qarqin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qarqin between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1969, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qarqin?
Yes: Qarqin has on average 101 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qarqin?
In Qarqin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.8 °C on 29 July 1983, and the lowest was -24.6 °C on 27 January 1969.
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