Climate and average weather in Baraki Barak

In Baraki Barak, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: late August to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Baraki Barak typically varies from -11°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -20°C or above 33°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Baraki Barak for warm-weather activities are from mid May to late June and late August to late October.

Hottest
Jul
30°
Coldest
Jan
-11°
Wettest
Apr
54 mm
Driest
Sep
3 mm
Rain / yr
289 mm
54 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,940 m
34.0°N
Clearest
Sep
11% cloud

Baraki Barak is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Baraki Barak weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late August to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Baraki Barak, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 17 to September 29, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Baraki Barak is July, with an average high of 30°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 10 to March 9, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Baraki Barak is January, with an average low of -11°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights year-round.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-11
Feb2-9
Mar8-2
Apr175
May2310
Jun2814
Jul3017
Aug3016
Sep2612
Oct196
Nov120
Dec5-6

How hot and cold Baraki Barak really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -12°C (around January 20), with roughly 130 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 34 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-11-11
Feb22-9-9
Mar88-2-2
Apr171755
May23231010
Jun28281414
Jul30301717
Aug30301616
Sep26261212
Oct191966
Nov121200
Dec55-6-6

Average hourly temperature in Baraki Barak

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -11°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Baraki Barak weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -11°3466.3100.0
Feb / -9°467.6710.70.0
Mar / -2°548.44.111.71.6
Apr17° / 549.60.712.85.5
May23° / 10°358013.77.5
Jun28° / 14°112.5014.27.9
Jul30° / 17°710146.4
Aug30° / 16°40.7013.36.9
Sep26° / 12°30.7012.29.1
Oct19° / 61.7011.18.0
Nov12° / -0°173.81.210.23.7
Dec / -6°193.93.49.80.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Baraki Barak gets about 289 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around Dec 30 to May 30, peaking in April at about 33% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 17.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 54 mm over about 10 wet days; September is the driest, with 3 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetApr 14 · 33%Aug 17 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan196
Feb278
Mar278
Apr3210
May258
Jun83
Jul31
Aug21
Sep31
Oct62
Nov124
Dec134

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Baraki Barak collects about 289 mm of rain across 54 wet days — roughly 24 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 54 mm, while September is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 53% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec34465454351174361719
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3466
Feb4687
Mar5484
Apr54101
May3580
Jun1130
Jul710
Aug410
Sep310
Oct620
Nov1741
Dec1943

Snow in Baraki Barak

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Baraki Barak averages about 23 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 8 to Apr 16 — about 5.3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 45 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 121 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 7
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan632
Feb745
Mar422
Apr12
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov16
Dec315

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Baraki Barak, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 17 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around November 8. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 9 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 16. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 37% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 18 · 100%Mar 18 · 62%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6832
Feb6436
Mar6337
Apr6535
May8020
Jun955
Jul973
Aug973
Sep991
Oct937
Nov8020
Dec7624

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 17, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:045:03
Feb10.76:475:31
Mar11.76:125:56
Apr12.85:296:20
May13.74:586:43
Jun14.24:477:02
Jul14.04:587:02
Aug13.35:206:37
Sep12.25:425:55
Oct11.16:055:13
Nov10.26:334:46
Dec9.86:584:43

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Baraki Barak averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around Jun 2 to Nov 12. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is May, down near 16 sunny days — about 43% fewer than the September peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 2129 daysMay 113 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb15Bright
Mar15Bright
Apr14Mixed
May16Bright
Jun24Brilliant
Jul27Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep28Brilliant
Oct26Brilliant
Nov21Bright
Dec20Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Baraki Barak, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul991
Aug991
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Baraki Barak is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 9 · 6 km/hDec 21 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Baraki Barak

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Baraki Barak throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid October, Baraki Barak is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Baraki Barak for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid May to late June and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 24 · 9.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.7poor
Apr5.4fair
May7.5good
Jun7.9ideal
Jul6.5good
Aug7.0good
Sep9.0ideal
Oct7.9ideal
Nov3.8fair
Dec0.4poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Baraki Barak for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 24 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Baraki Barak, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 1°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Baraki Barak sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Baraki Barak by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baraki Barak peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 19UV 12Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Baraki Barak

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan2.50
Feb5.50
Mar74
Apr7.54.5
May8.56.5
Jun97
Jul97
Aug8.56.5
Sep7.55
Oct63
Nov3.50
Dec2.50

Air quality in Baraki Barak by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Baraki Barak is worst in February — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1123 µg/m³Oct 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Baraki Barak typically lasts about 237 days, from around March 24 to November 15 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 12 to November 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2810%Mar 2450%Apr 1290%Nov 190%Nov 1550%Dec 1610%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan431
Feb628
Mar3431
Apr9112
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov5229
Dec1131

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Baraki Barak banks about 1,735 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr41
May200
Jun325
Jul423
Aug402
Sep267
Oct76
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Baraki Barak receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.3 and 8.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.3 kWh/m² — roughly 59% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 138.1 kWhDec 193.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.6Moderate
Feb4.6Bright
Mar5.7Bright
Apr6.7Intense
May7.6Intense
Jun8.1Intense
Jul7.8Intense
Aug7.2Intense
Sep6.3Intense
Oct5.0Bright
Nov3.8Moderate
Dec3.3Moderate

Where is Baraki Barak?

Baraki Barak sits at 34.0°N, 68.9°E, 1,940 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Gardez, 48 km away.

IstālifKhōstCharikarJabal os Saraj

Topography around Baraki Barak

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baraki Barak.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baraki Barak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,970 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,930 m.

The land around Baraki Barak is covered by cropland (51%) and bare terrain (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
324 m
16 km
992 m
80 km
2,930 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Gardez 48 km · Kabul 66 km · Ghazni 67 km · Paghmān 69 km · Istālif 97 km · Khōst 114 km · Charikar 118 km · Jabal os Saraj 131 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 17% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$417
2024
Happiness
1.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
15.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Muslim 100%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Baraki Barak (33.9674°, 68.9492°, elevation 1,940 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).