Bāzārak weather in August

In August, Bāzārak sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bāzārak's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bāzārak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:16 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
8%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.4
out of 10

Bāzārak is human settlement in Afghanistan.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Bāzārak reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bāzārak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bāzārak weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -14°527.78.89.90.0
Feb-4° / -12°7510.210.910.70.0
Mar / -8°8511.411.311.70.0
Apr / -2°659.86.912.91.0
May14° / 4310.61.413.84.3
Jun19° / 134.5014.37.6
Jul23° / 10°51.4014.19.2
Aug23° / 20.3013.39.4
Sep19° / 40.90.112.28.2
Oct12° / -0°143.41.711.14.0
Nov / -7°285.55.210.10.3
Dec-3° / -12°345.96.79.70.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 95% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bāzārak gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:046:52
213.85:056:51
313.75:066:50
413.75:066:49
513.75:076:48
613.75:086:47
713.65:096:46
813.65:096:45
913.65:106:44
1013.55:116:43
1113.55:126:42
1213.55:136:41
1313.45:136:40
1413.45:146:39
1513.45:156:37
1613.35:166:36
1713.35:176:35
1813.35:176:34
1913.25:186:33
2013.25:196:31
2113.25:206:30
2213.15:206:29
2313.15:216:27
2413.15:226:26
2513.05:236:25
2613.05:246:23
2713.05:246:22
2812.95:256:21
2912.95:266:19
3012.95:276:18
3112.85:276:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
27.8Intense
37.8Intense
47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.7Intense
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287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.1Intense
317.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bāzārak?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Bāzārak for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bāzārak in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Bāzārak sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Bāzārak in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bāzārak peaks around May 19 at about 14 (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 highModerateMay 19UV 14Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr11Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Bāzārak in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bāzārak is worst in June — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1621 µg/m³Nov 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bāzārak?

Bāzārak sits at 35.3°N, 69.5°E, 1,965 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Jabal os Saraj, 33 km away.

NahrīnKabulMehtar LāmPaghmānPul-e Khumrī

Topography around Bāzārak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bāzārak has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,289 m around an average of 2,321 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,203 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,787 m.

The land around Bāzārak is covered by grassland (65%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and bare terrain (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,289 m
16 km
3,203 m
80 km
4,787 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Jabal os Saraj 33 km · Charikar 46 km · Istālif 67 km · Nahrīn 90 km · Kabul 93 km · Mehtar Lām 95 km · Paghmān 96 km · Pul-e Khumrī 101 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 Bāzārak (35.3129°, 69.5152°, elevation 1,965 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).