Jalālābād climate

Name: Jalālābād
Address: AF

Jalālābād is warmest in June, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.8 °C. March is the wettest month (50 mm) and June the driest (3.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jalālābād averages 279 mm of rain, 200 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Afghanistan · population 271,900 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 37 °C
Coldest month January 4.8 °C
Driest month June 3 mm
Wettest month March 50 mm
Least cloud September 12 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record January -5.0 °C

What to expectJalālābād through the year

Jalālābād has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 37 °C in June, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 200 days a year reach 25 °C, 151 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 50 mm against 3 mm in June — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.8 °C	30 mm	40 %
February	15.5 °C	49 mm	46 %
March	20.3 °C	50 mm	47 %
April	26.3 °C	45 mm	42 %
May	32.7 °C	12 mm	31 %
June	37.3 °C	3 mm	14 %
July	36.6 °C	23 mm	19 %
August	34.9 °C	18 mm	22 %
September	32.7 °C	9 mm	12 %
October	27.3 °C	10 mm	15 %
November	20.9 °C	15 mm	27 %
December	16.5 °C	16 mm	32 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	13.8 °C	4.8 °C	9.2 °C	21.3 °C	-5.0 °C	0	0	2
February	15.5 °C	6.1 °C	10.9 °C	26.9 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	1
March	20.3 °C	10.9 °C	15.9 °C	36.5 °C	-0.3 °C	5	1	0
April	26.3 °C	16.2 °C	21.5 °C	39.8 °C	4.8 °C	17	8	0
May	32.7 °C	21.2 °C	27.4 °C	42.6 °C	9.1 °C	29	22	0
June	37.3 °C	25.6 °C	31.8 °C	46.1 °C	17.4 °C	30	30	0
July	36.6 °C	26.0 °C	31.2 °C	44.1 °C	17.7 °C	31	30	0
August	34.9 °C	25.0 °C	29.7 °C	43.1 °C	18.8 °C	31	29	0
September	32.7 °C	23.0 °C	27.8 °C	42.3 °C	12.1 °C	30	25	0
October	27.3 °C	17.7 °C	22.5 °C	36.1 °C	8.3 °C	24	7	0
November	20.9 °C	11.7 °C	16.2 °C	30.1 °C	0.7 °C	4	0	0
December	16.5 °C	7.1 °C	11.7 °C	24.6 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	30 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	42 %	7.5 km/h
February	49 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	45 %	8.4 km/h
March	50 mm	8	12 h/day	47 %	47 %	8.6 km/h
April	45 mm	6	13 h/day	42 %	43 %	10 km/h
May	12 mm	2	14 h/day	31 %	30 %	12 km/h
June	3 mm	1	14 h/day	14 %	27 %	13 km/h
July	23 mm	3	14 h/day	19 %	47 %	14 km/h
August	18 mm	4	13 h/day	22 %	54 %	13 km/h
September	9 mm	2	12 h/day	12 %	41 %	11 km/h
October	10 mm	2	11 h/day	15 %	34 %	8.7 km/h
November	15 mm	3	10 h/day	27 %	40 %	7.3 km/h
December	16 mm	3	9.9 h/day	32 %	40 %	7.3 km/h

How Jalālābād compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Jalālābād	37 °C	4.8 °C	279 mm	200
Peshawar · Pakistan	39 °C	3.1 °C	791 mm	226
Kabul · Afghanistan	33 °C	-9.1 °C	389 mm	135
Kohat · Pakistan	38 °C	3.2 °C	748 mm	223
Mardan · Pakistan	38 °C	3.4 °C	862 mm	222
Bannu · Pakistan	38 °C	4.4 °C	715 mm	229
Tordher · Pakistan	38 °C	4.1 °C	1,148 mm	218

Where Jalālābād ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	2ndof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	9thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	12thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	15thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in Africa in January	16thof 50	14 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	18thof 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jalālābād.

QuestionsCommon questions about Jalālābād’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jalālābād?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jalālābād get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 151 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jalālābād?

March, averaging 50 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is June with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 279 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Jalālābād rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.