Mazār-e Sharīf climate

Name: Mazār-e Sharīf
Address: AF

Mazār-e Sharīf is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.2 °C. March is the wettest month (48 mm) and August the driest (0.05 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mazār-e Sharīf averages 229 mm of rain, 176 days above 25 °C and 42 days below freezing.

Afghanistan · population 523,300 · 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 July 38 °C
Coldest month January -0.2 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 48 mm
Least cloud August 3 % cloud
Hottest on record August 45 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectMazār-e Sharīf through the year

Mazār-e Sharīf has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.3 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 176 days a year reach 25 °C, 131 of them reach 30 °C, 42 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 48 mm against 0 mm in August — 1,030 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.3 °C	35 mm	56 %
February	11.3 °C	41 mm	58 %
March	17.2 °C	48 mm	57 %
April	23.8 °C	36 mm	48 %
May	30.4 °C	13 mm	32 %
June	36.0 °C	1 mm	10 %
July	37.7 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	35.7 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	30.6 °C	1 mm	4 %
October	23.4 °C	5 mm	19 %
November	15.7 °C	24 mm	42 %
December	10.8 °C	26 mm	50 %

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	9.3 °C	-0.2 °C	4.3 °C	21.0 °C	-15.6 °C	0	0	16
February	11.3 °C	1.0 °C	6.0 °C	25.9 °C	-15.3 °C	0	0	11
March	17.2 °C	5.9 °C	11.7 °C	34.5 °C	-5.4 °C	3	0	2
April	23.8 °C	11.5 °C	18.0 °C	36.7 °C	-0.4 °C	13	4	0
May	30.4 °C	16.7 °C	24.3 °C	41.4 °C	5.8 °C	27	18	0
June	36.0 °C	21.7 °C	29.7 °C	44.6 °C	13.9 °C	30	29	0
July	37.7 °C	24.2 °C	31.7 °C	44.8 °C	16.8 °C	31	31	0
August	35.7 °C	22.4 °C	29.6 °C	45.0 °C	13.0 °C	31	30	0
September	30.6 °C	17.1 °C	24.2 °C	39.5 °C	9.4 °C	28	17	0
October	23.4 °C	11.0 °C	17.2 °C	35.0 °C	1.8 °C	12	2	0
November	15.7 °C	5.4 °C	10.3 °C	29.6 °C	-9.2 °C	1	0	2
December	10.8 °C	1.2 °C	5.6 °C	22.5 °C	-14.8 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	7	9.9 h/day	56 %	72 %	13 km/h
February	41 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	73 %	15 km/h
March	48 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	36 mm	6	13 h/day	48 %	63 %	15 km/h
May	13 mm	2	14 h/day	32 %	45 %	14 km/h
June	1 mm	0	15 h/day	10 %	29 %	14 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	26 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	28 %	14 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	35 %	13 km/h
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	49 %	12 km/h
November	24 mm	5	10 h/day	42 %	66 %	13 km/h
December	26 mm	6	9.7 h/day	50 %	71 %	13 km/h

How Mazār-e Sharīf 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
Mazār-e Sharīf	38 °C	-0.2 °C	229 mm	176
Tirmiz · Uzbekistan	40 °C	0.00 °C	186 mm	190
Kunduz · Afghanistan	39 °C	-2.3 °C	394 mm	180
Dushanbe · Tajikistan	32 °C	-5.9 °C	825 mm	133
Qarshi · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-2.0 °C	275 mm	172
Kŭlob · Tajikistan	35 °C	-3.9 °C	682 mm	160
Kabul · Afghanistan	33 °C	-9.1 °C	389 mm	135

Where Mazār-e Sharīf ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	1stof 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in January	3rdof 50	9.3 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	5thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	6thof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	8thof 50	16 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	11thof 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Mazār-e Sharīf.

QuestionsCommon questions about Mazār-e Sharīf’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mazār-e Sharīf?

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

How hot does Mazār-e Sharīf get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 131 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 42 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mazār-e Sharīf?

March, averaging 48 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 229 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 Mazār-e Sharīf 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.