Climate and average weather in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

In Bāzār-e Yakāwlang, the summers are mild, dry, and clear and the winters are frigid, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid June to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang typically varies from -19°C to 21°C, and is rarely below -27°C or above 25°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bāzār-e Yakāwlang for warm-weather activities is from mid June to late September.

Hottest
Jul
21°
Coldest
Jan
-19°
Wettest
Mar
59 mm
Driest
Aug
2 mm
Rain / yr
309 mm
61 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,585 m
34.7°N
Clearest
Sep
12% cloud

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is human settlement in Afghanistan.

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

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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 mid June to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 22 to October 2, with daily high temperatures above 14°C. The hottest month of the year in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is July, with an average high of 21°C and low of 6°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from December 1 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below -4°C. The coldest month of the year in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is January, with an average low of -19°C and high of -10°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in August.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-10-19
Feb-8-16
Mar-3-12
Apr3-6
May120
Jun184
Jul216
Aug215
Sep172
Oct10-3
Nov1-10
Dec-7-17

How hot and cold Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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 -23°C (around January 15), with roughly 265 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 136 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-10-10-21-19
Feb-8-8-18-16
Mar-3-3-12-12
Apr33-6-6
May1212-20
Jun181814
Jul212146
Aug212135
Sep171702
Oct1010-5-3
Nov11-13-10
Dec-7-7-17-17

Average hourly temperature in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

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 21°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -19°C.

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

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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-10° / -19°428.29.29.90.0
Feb-8° / -17°569.710.310.70.0
Mar-3° / -12°599.810.411.70.0
Apr / -6°428712.80.1
May12° / -0°317.81.713.83.6
Jun18° / 92.80.114.37.4
Jul21° / 40.8014.18.8
Aug21° / 20.4013.38.8
Sep17° / 20.50.112.27.5
Oct10° / -3°102.31.411.13.1
Nov / -10°244.95.410.20.1
Dec-7° / -17°2966.89.70.0

Chance of rain

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

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang gets about 309 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.4 months, from around Nov 17 to May 31, peaking in February at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 30.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 59 mm over about 10 wet days; August is the driest, with 2 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 9 · 35%Aug 30 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan268
Feb3410
Mar3210
Apr278
May248
Jun93
Jul31
Aug10
Sep21
Oct82
Nov165
Dec206

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bāzār-e Yakāwlang collects about 309 mm of rain across 61 wet days — roughly 26 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 59 mm, while August is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 51% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec42565942319422102429
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4289
Feb561010
Mar591010
Apr4287
May3182
Jun930
Jul410
Aug200
Sep210
Oct1021
Nov2455
Dec2967

Snow in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

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.

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang averages about 52 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 4 to May 31 — about 7.9 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 11 days of snow and an estimated 64 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 285 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 9
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan943
Feb1064
Mar1068
Apr740
May25
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct15
Nov528
Dec732

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Bāzār-e Yakāwlang, 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 13 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around November 8. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 9 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 28 · 99%Feb 19 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4654
Feb4456
Mar4852
Apr5545
May7426
Jun937
Jul982
Aug982
Sep982
Oct8812
Nov6733
Dec5050

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 9, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan9.97:145:09
Feb10.76:565:38
Mar11.76:206:04
Apr12.85:366:28
May13.85:046:53
Jun14.34:537:12
Jul14.15:047:11
Aug13.35:276:46
Sep12.25:506:03
Oct11.16:145:20
Nov10.26:434:52
Dec9.77:084:49

Sunny days

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

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around May 23 to Nov 8. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 10 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the September peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 1128 daysFeb 289 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May17Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul27Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep27Brilliant
Oct23Bright
Nov16Bright
Dec12Mixed

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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, 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 (%)
Jan100
Feb100
Mar100
Apr100
May100
Jun100
Jul100
Aug100
Sep100
Oct100
Nov100
Dec100

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is typically calm, near 6 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around May 12 to Oct 9. The windiest month is July, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 10 to May 11, with April the calmest month at about 5 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 11 · 9 km/hApr 8 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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 time of year to visit Bāzār-e Yakāwlang for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid June to late September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 19 · 8.9

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.2poor
May3.6fair
Jun7.4good
Jul8.8ideal
Aug8.8ideal
Sep7.4good
Oct3.1poor
Nov0.1poor
Dec0.0poor

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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang for hot-weather activities is from early July to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 5.8

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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang, 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 21°C), the essentials are a warm layer and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -10°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bāzār-e Yakāwlang sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

UV index (midday) in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang peaks around July 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 13Dec 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

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 July 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)
Jan3.50
Feb5.52.5
Mar74.5
Apr85.5
May8.56.5
Jun9.57
Jul97
Aug8.56.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct63
Nov4.50
Dec30

Air quality in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is worst in May — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1718 µg/m³Dec 155 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb9Good
Mar12Good
Apr15Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Bāzār-e Yakāwlang typically lasts about 136 days, from around May 17 to September 29 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from June 13 to September 7.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 2510%May 1750%Jun 1390%Sep 790%Sep 2950%Oct 2210%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan031
Feb028
Mar131
Apr830
May4831
Jun9111
Jul1000
Aug990
Sep7523
Oct2131
Nov430
Dec031

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. Bāzār-e Yakāwlang banks about 241 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0100200300400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun29
Jul110
Aug91
Sep10
Oct0
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.

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.3 and 8.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 14 to Sep 25. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.3 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 198.3 kWhDec 183.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.7Moderate
Feb4.8Bright
Mar6.2Intense
Apr7.4Intense
May7.8Intense
Jun8.3Intense
Jul8.2Intense
Aug7.5Intense
Sep6.5Intense
Oct5.1Bright
Nov3.8Moderate
Dec3.3Moderate

Where is Bāzār-e Yakāwlang?

Bāzār-e Yakāwlang sits at 34.7°N, 67.0°E, 2,585 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Bāmyān, 79 km away.

BāmyānSang-e ChārakNīlīPaghmānGhazniSar-e PulIstālifAībak

Topography around Bāzār-e Yakāwlang

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bāzār-e Yakāwlang.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bāzār-e Yakāwlang has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m around an average of 2,761 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,418 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,186 m.

The land around Bāzār-e Yakāwlang is covered by bare terrain (77%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and bare terrain (49%) within 80 km.

3 km
861 m
16 km
1,418 m
80 km
3,186 m
grasslandcroplandbare terrain
Nearby: Bāmyān 79 km · Sang-e Chārak 133 km · Nīlī 137 km · Paghmān 182 km · Ghazni 187 km · Sar-e Pul 190 km · Istālif 192 km · Aībak 194 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 Bāzār-e Yakāwlang (34.7353°, 66.9738°, elevation 2,585 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).