Sar-e Pul climate — normals and trends
Sar-e Pul (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 390 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sar-e Pul averages 76 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.
Sar-e Pul has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 86 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -23.7 °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
Sar-e PulSar-e Pol Province
- coords
- 36.22°, 65.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
390mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
89 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
65 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
26.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.014
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
43.2 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
27 January 1973
Wettest day
49 mm
19 May 1963
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
25 January 1974
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
25 January 1974
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
23 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
27 January 1973
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
3 February 2017
Sunniest day
13.8 h
27 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 65 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 101 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 24.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 11 mm | -55 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 57 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sar-e Pul?
Sar-e Pul has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 390 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sar-e Pul?
The hottest day measured in Sar-e Pul between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 43.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sar-e Pul?
The coldest day measured in Sar-e Pul between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1973, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Sar-e Pul?
Yes. Sar-e Pul gets on average 59.6 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Sar-e Pul warmed?
Yes: Sar-e Pul warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sar-e Pul?
The wettest day measured in Sar-e Pul between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1963, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sar-e Pul?
The windiest day measured in Sar-e Pul between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sar-e Pul?
The warmest month in Sar-e Pul is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sar-e Pul?
Sar-e Pul receives on average 390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sar-e Pul?
Sar-e Pul 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 Sar-e Pul?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sar-e Pul between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2017, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sar-e Pul?
Yes: Sar-e Pul has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sar-e Pul?
In Sar-e Pul, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 23 July 1983, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 27 January 1973.
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