Farah weather in August

In August, Farah sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 43°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Farah's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Farah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 42°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:50 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 1%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Farah is capital of Farah Province, Afghanistan.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 43°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical August day in Farah reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 45°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40
Avg low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	28
7	43	28
8	43	28
9	43	28
10	43	27
11	43	27
12	43	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	26
18	42	26
19	42	26
20	42	26
21	42	26
22	42	26
23	41	25
24	41	25
25	41	25
26	41	25
27	41	25
28	41	24
29	41	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

How August really feels in Farah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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

31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Farah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 3°	24	4.5	10.1	5.5
Feb	18° / 5°	23	4.4	10.8	7.0
Mar	24° / 10°	30	4.5	11.8	8.0
Apr	31° / 17°	9	1.8	12.8	5.5
May	37° / 22°	1	0.3	13.6	1.7
Jun	42° / 26°	0	0.1	14.1	0.0
Jul	44° / 29°	0	0	13.9	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	38° / 20°	0	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	31° / 14°	1	0.2	11.2	6.5
Nov	23° / 8°	4	1.2	10.3	8.7
Dec	17° / 3°	8	2	9.9	7.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Cloudier (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Farah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 23 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	24	breezy
2	24	breezy
3	24	breezy
4	24	breezy
5	24	breezy
6	24	breezy
7	24	breezy
8	24	breezy
9	24	breezy
10	24	breezy
11	24	breezy
12	24	breezy
13	24	breezy
14	24	breezy
15	24	breezy
16	23	breezy
17	23	breezy
18	23	breezy
19	23	breezy
20	23	breezy
21	23	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	22	breezy
26	22	breezy
27	22	breezy
28	22	breezy
29	22	breezy
30	22	breezy
31	22	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 6:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00
Sunset (PM)	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:39	7:16
2	13.6	5:40	7:15
3	13.6	5:41	7:14
4	13.5	5:41	7:13
5	13.5	5:42	7:12
6	13.5	5:43	7:12
7	13.5	5:43	7:11
8	13.4	5:44	7:10
9	13.4	5:45	7:09
10	13.4	5:46	7:08
11	13.3	5:46	7:07
12	13.3	5:47	7:06
13	13.3	5:48	7:05
14	13.3	5:48	7:04
15	13.2	5:49	7:03
16	13.2	5:50	7:02
17	13.2	5:50	7:01
18	13.1	5:51	6:59
19	13.1	5:52	6:58
20	13.1	5:52	6:57
21	13.0	5:53	6:56
22	13.0	5:54	6:55
23	13.0	5:54	6:54
24	13.0	5:55	6:52
25	12.9	5:56	6:51
26	12.9	5:56	6:50
27	12.9	5:57	6:49
28	12.8	5:58	6:47
29	12.8	5:58	6:46
30	12.8	5:59	6:45
31	12.7	6:00	6:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.6	Intense
6	7.6	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.6	Intense
9	7.6	Intense
10	7.5	Intense
11	7.5	Intense
12	7.5	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.5	Intense
15	7.5	Intense
16	7.4	Intense
17	7.4	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Farah

In seasonPeak

In August, Farah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Farah sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Farah?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Farah.

What to pack for Farah in August

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

In August, Farah sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

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UV index in Farah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Farah peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	8	9	12	11	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Farah 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 Farah is worst in August — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 31 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	33	43	44	48	55	62	83	88	77	53	34	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	55	Poor
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	83	Unhealthy
Aug	88	Unhealthy
Sep	77	Unhealthy
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Farah?

Farah sits at 32.4°N, 62.1°E, 662 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Shīnḏanḏ, 103 km away.

Topography around Farah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Farah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,980 m.

The land around Farah is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), cropland (30%) and bare terrain (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

281 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

951 m

bare terrain 58%

80 km

1,980 m

bare terrain 93%

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← July Farah year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Shīnḏanḏ 103 km · Kushk 104 km · Khāsh 113 km · Zaranj 159 km · Zābol 161 km · Nehbandān 217 km · Herāt 220 km · Lashkar Gāh 230 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

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 Farah (32.3745°, 62.1164°, elevation 662 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	28
7	43	28
8	43	28
9	43	28
10	43	27
11	43	27
12	43	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	26
18	42	26
19	42	26
20	42	26
21	42	26
22	42	26
23	41	25
24	41	25
25	41	25
26	41	25
27	41	25
28	41	24
29	41	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	28
7	43	28
8	43	28
9	43	28
10	43	27
11	43	27
12	43	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	26
18	42	26
19	42	26
20	42	26
21	42	26
22	42	26
23	41	25
24	41	25
25	41	25
26	41	25
27	41	25
28	41	24
29	41	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	28
7	43	28
8	43	28
9	43	28
10	43	27
11	43	27
12	43	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	26
18	42	26
19	42	26
20	42	26
21	42	26
22	42	26
23	41	25
24	41	25
25	41	25
26	41	25
27	41	25
28	41	24
29	41	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100