Zarhalol climate — normals and trends
Zarhalol (Tajikistan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 279 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 (30.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Zarhalol averages 40 frost days, 130 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.
Zarhalol has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.8 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -23.0 °C (on 4 February 2014).
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
ZarhalolKhatlon Province
- coords
- 37.46°, 68.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
279mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
130 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
58 d/yr
Annual snowfall
27.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
88 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
45.8 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-23.0 °C
4 February 2014
Wettest day
43 mm
12 May 1951
Windiest day
35.5 km/h
25 January 1974
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
25 January 1974
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
29 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
4 February 2014
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
19 February 1979
Sunniest day
14.1 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 37 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 31 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 62 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 28.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 34.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 3 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 36.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 39.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 32 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zarhalol?
Zarhalol has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 279 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zarhalol?
The hottest day measured in Zarhalol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 45.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zarhalol?
The coldest day measured in Zarhalol between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2014, at -23.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zarhalol?
Yes. Zarhalol gets on average 27.7 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Zarhalol warmed?
Yes: Zarhalol warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zarhalol?
The wettest day measured in Zarhalol between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1951, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zarhalol?
The windiest day measured in Zarhalol between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zarhalol?
The warmest month in Zarhalol is July (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zarhalol?
Zarhalol receives on average 279 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zarhalol?
Zarhalol 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 Zarhalol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zarhalol between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1979, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zarhalol?
Yes: Zarhalol has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zarhalol?
In Zarhalol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 29 July 1983, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 4 February 2014.
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