Taloqan climate — normals and trends
Taloqan (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 446 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Taloqan averages 76 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.
Taloqan has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 98 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -22.3 °C (on 15 January 1964).
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
TaloqanTakhar
- coords
- 36.74°, 69.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
446mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
89 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
68 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
25.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
41.6 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-22.3 °C
15 January 1964
Wettest day
61 mm
27 April 1972
Windiest day
26.9 km/h
25 January 1974
Strongest gust
73.1 km/h
3 November 2016
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
22 June 2020
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
15 January 1964
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
13 January 2002
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 11.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 104 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 31 mm | -63 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 1 mm | -49 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 23.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taloqan?
Taloqan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 446 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taloqan?
The hottest day measured in Taloqan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taloqan?
The coldest day measured in Taloqan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1964, at -22.3 °C.
Does it snow in Taloqan?
Yes. Taloqan gets on average 74.0 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Taloqan warmed?
Yes: Taloqan warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taloqan?
The wettest day measured in Taloqan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1972, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taloqan?
The windiest day measured in Taloqan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taloqan?
The warmest month in Taloqan is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Taloqan?
Taloqan receives on average 446 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taloqan?
Taloqan gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taloqan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taloqan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2002, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taloqan?
Yes: Taloqan has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taloqan?
In Taloqan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 22 June 2020, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 15 January 1964.
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