Gardez weather in July

In July, Gardez sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 54 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gardez's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gardez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
54 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:58 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
25%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Gardez is city in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gardez reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Gardez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

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

Gardez weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -9°436.46.7100.0
Feb / -8°628.78.510.80.0
Mar / -2°729.56.211.70.9
Apr15° / 6910.71.512.84.5
May21° / 458.9013.77.0
Jun25° / 13°417.7014.27.9
Jul27° / 15°5411.60146.9
Aug26° / 15°4711.8013.27.1
Sep23° / 11°185.2012.28.4
Oct17° / 102.30.111.26.9
Nov10° / 203.61.810.32.8
Dec / -5°234.14.19.80.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1955
2955
3955
4955
5955
6955
7955
8955
9955
10964
11964
12964
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14964
15955
16946
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gardez gets around 54 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
131
231
332
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532
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833
933
1034
1135
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19280
29280
39190
49190
59190
69190
79190
890100
990100
1089110
1188111
1287121
1386131
1486131
1585141
1684151
1783161
1882171
1981181
2079192
2178202
2278202
2377212
2476222
2575232
2674242
2773252
2873252
2972262
3071272
3171272

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:50 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:507:03
214.24:517:03
314.24:517:03
414.24:527:02
514.24:527:02
614.24:527:02
714.24:537:02
814.14:537:02
914.14:547:02
1014.14:547:01
1114.14:557:01
1214.14:567:01
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1414.14:577:00
1514.04:577:00
1614.04:587:00
1714.04:586:59
1814.04:596:59
1914.05:006:58
2014.05:006:58
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.22 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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37.6Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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107.4Intense
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266.9Intense
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286.9Intense
296.8Intense
306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Gardez?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gardez for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gardez in July

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

In July, Gardez sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Gardez in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Gardez peaks around June 18 at about 13 (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 18UV 13Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Gardez in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gardez 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
Location & terrain

Where is Gardez?

Gardez sits at 33.6°N, 69.2°E, 2,308 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Baraki Barak, 48 km away.

GhazniKabulPaghmānIstālifJalālābādMarkaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

Topography around Gardez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gardez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 2,315 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,361 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,657 m.

The land around Gardez is covered by cropland (36%), bare terrain (35%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (61%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (48%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
1,361 m
80 km
3,657 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
July weather nearby: Baraki Barak 48 km · Khōst 71 km · Ghazni 75 km · Kabul 104 km · Paghmān 113 km · Istālif 138 km · Jalālābād 146 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 149 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 Gardez (33.5974°, 69.2259°, elevation 2,308 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).