Climate and average weather in Jalālābād
In Jalālābād, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Jalālābād typically varies from 3°C to 37°C, and is rarely below -1°C or above 41°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Jalālābād for warm-weather activities are from late March to mid April and early October to early December.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 37°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 3°
- Wettest
- Feb
- 44 mm
- Driest
- Jun
- 2 mm
- Rain / yr
- 229 mm
- 40 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.7–14.3 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 575 m
- 34.4°N
- Clearest
- Sep
- 12% cloud
Jalālābād is city in Afghanistan.
- Density
- 2,229/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1570
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Jalālābād 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 early October to early December.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Jalālābād, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.6 months, from May 8 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 32°C. The hottest month of the year in Jalālābād is June, with an average high of 37°C and low of 25°C.
The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 30 to March 4, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Jalālābād is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 14°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 16 |
| Avg low (°C) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 3 |
| Feb | 16 | 6 |
| Mar | 21 | 11 |
| Apr | 27 | 16 |
| May | 33 | 21 |
| Jun | 37 | 25 |
| Jul | 37 | 26 |
| Aug | 35 | 25 |
| Sep | 33 | 22 |
| Oct | 27 | 16 |
| Nov | 21 | 10 |
| Dec | 16 | 5 |
How hot and cold Jalālābād really feels
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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Jalālābād feels like about 38°C (around June 25). About 137 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 16 |
| Air high (°C) | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 16 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Air low (°C) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 |
| Feb | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Mar | 21 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| Apr | 27 | 27 | 16 | 16 |
| May | 33 | 33 | 21 | 21 |
| Jun | 37 | 37 | 25 | 25 |
| Jul | 37 | 37 | 26 | 26 |
| Aug | 36 | 35 | 25 | 25 |
| Sep | 33 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
| Oct | 27 | 27 | 16 | 16 |
| Nov | 21 | 21 | 10 | 10 |
| Dec | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 |
Average hourly temperature in Jalālābād
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 June afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 3°C.
Jalālābād weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° / 3° | 26 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 10 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 16° / 6° | 44 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 21° / 11° | 43 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 7.1 |
| Apr | 27° / 16° | 35 | 5.4 | 0 | 12.8 | 7.1 |
| May | 33° / 21° | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 13.8 | 4.3 |
| Jun | 37° / 25° | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 14.3 | 2.1 |
| Jul | 37° / 26° | 21 | 3 | 0 | 14.1 | 2.2 |
| Aug | 35° / 25° | 14 | 3.3 | 0 | 13.3 | 3.1 |
| Sep | 33° / 22° | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 12.2 | 4.8 |
| Oct | 27° / 16° | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 11.1 | 8.1 |
| Nov | 21° / 10° | 11 | 2.3 | 0 | 10.2 | 8.2 |
| Dec | 16° / 5° | 12 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 6.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Jalālābād gets about 229 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 3.8 months, from around Jan 4 to Apr 29, peaking in March at about 24% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 3.
February is the wettest month by volume, with 44 mm over about 7 wet days; June is the driest, with 2 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 15 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Rain days | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 5 |
| Feb | 23 | 7 |
| Mar | 23 | 7 |
| Apr | 18 | 5 |
| May | 6 | 2 |
| Jun | 2 | 1 |
| Jul | 10 | 3 |
| Aug | 10 | 3 |
| Sep | 4 | 1 |
| Oct | 5 | 1 |
| Nov | 7 | 2 |
| Dec | 8 | 2 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Jalālābād collects about 229 mm of rain across 40 wet days — roughly 19 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 44 mm, while June is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 53% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 26 | 44 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Rain days | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Snow days | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| Feb | 44 | 7 | 1 |
| Mar | 43 | 7 | 0 |
| Apr | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| Aug | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Sep | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Jalālābād, 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 6.2 months, ending around November 20. 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 21 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around May 16. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 42% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 65 | 59 | 58 | 64 | 79 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 98 | 93 | 81 | 75 |
| Cloudier (%) | 35 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65 | 35 |
| Feb | 59 | 41 |
| Mar | 58 | 42 |
| Apr | 64 | 36 |
| May | 79 | 21 |
| Jun | 96 | 4 |
| Jul | 95 | 5 |
| Aug | 94 | 6 |
| Sep | 98 | 2 |
| Oct | 93 | 7 |
| Nov | 81 | 19 |
| Dec | 75 | 25 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 11, 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.0 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:59 | 6:41 | 6:06 | 5:23 | 4:51 | 4:40 | 4:51 | 5:13 | 5:36 | 6:00 | 6:28 | 6:53 |
| Sunset (PM) | 4:55 | 5:24 | 5:50 | 6:14 | 6:38 | 6:57 | 6:57 | 6:31 | 5:49 | 5:07 | 4:39 | 4:36 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.0 | 6:59 | 4:55 |
| Feb | 10.7 | 6:41 | 5:24 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 6:06 | 5:50 |
| Apr | 12.8 | 5:23 | 6:14 |
| May | 13.8 | 4:51 | 6:38 |
| Jun | 14.3 | 4:40 | 6:57 |
| Jul | 14.1 | 4:51 | 6:57 |
| Aug | 13.3 | 5:13 | 6:31 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:36 | 5:49 |
| Oct | 11.1 | 6:00 | 5:07 |
| Nov | 10.2 | 6:28 | 4:39 |
| Dec | 9.7 | 6:53 | 4:36 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Jalālābād averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 14 and 29 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around May 27 to Nov 15. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is April, down near 14 sunny days — about 50% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 20 |
| Sky | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17 | Bright |
| Feb | 14 | Mixed |
| Mar | 14 | Mixed |
| Apr | 14 | Mixed |
| May | 18 | Bright |
| Jun | 26 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 27 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 27 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 28 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 26 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 21 | Bright |
| Dec | 20 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
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 Jalālābād, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around June 21 to September 21. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 70% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 22 to June 20, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 95 | 79 | 26 | 16 | 57 | 95 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 79 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Jul | 26 | 14 | 18 | 27 | 15 |
| Aug | 16 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 15 |
| Sep | 57 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct | 95 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Jalālābād is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | calm |
| Feb | 5 | calm |
| Mar | 5 | calm |
| Apr | 5 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 4 | calm |
| Nov | 5 | calm |
| Dec | 5 | calm |
Best time to visit Jalālābād
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Jalālābād throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late November, Jalālābād 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 Jalālābād for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to mid April and again from early October to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.4 |
| Rating | fair | fair | good | good | fair | poor | poor | poor | fair | ideal | ideal | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | fair |
| Feb | 5.5 | fair |
| Mar | 7.0 | good |
| Apr | 7.1 | good |
| May | 4.3 | fair |
| Jun | 2.1 | poor |
| Jul | 2.2 | poor |
| Aug | 3.1 | poor |
| Sep | 4.8 | fair |
| Oct | 8.1 | ideal |
| Nov | 8.2 | ideal |
| Dec | 6.4 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Jalālābād for hot-weather activities run from mid April to late May and again from late August to early November, with a peak score in the first week of October.
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 Jalālābād, by month
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 June (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer.
In June, Jalālābād sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Jalālābād by month
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 Jalālābād peaks around June 13 at about 11 (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 — in 9 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | Moderate |
| Feb | 5 | Moderate |
| Mar | 6 | High |
| Apr | 8 | Very high |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Very high |
| Aug | 9 | Very high |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 6 | High |
| Nov | 3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Jalālābād
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 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 4.5 | 6 | 7 | 8.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 4.5 | 0 |
| Mar | 6 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 7 | 4 |
| May | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 9 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5 |
| Sep | 7 | 4 |
| Oct | 5.5 | 0 |
| Nov | 0.5 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Air quality in Jalālābād by month
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 Jalālābād is worst in July — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (October, 21 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) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | Moderate |
| Feb | 25 | Moderate |
| Mar | 25 | Moderate |
| Apr | 23 | Moderate |
| May | 25 | Moderate |
| Jun | 30 | Moderate |
| Jul | 34 | Moderate |
| Aug | 32 | Moderate |
| Sep | 25 | Moderate |
| Oct | 21 | Moderate |
| Nov | 22 | Moderate |
| Dec | 24 | Moderate |
Growing season
Jalālābād is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about January 29 to January 13 (350 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 90 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 |
| Frost nights | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 90 | 20 |
| Feb | 95 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 98 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Jalālābād banks about 4,058 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 22 | 175 | 344 | 529 | 630 | 663 | 624 | 528 | 363 | 157 | 24 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 22 |
| Mar | 175 |
| Apr | 344 |
| May | 529 |
| Jun | 630 |
| Jul | 663 |
| Aug | 624 |
| Sep | 528 |
| Oct | 363 |
| Nov | 157 |
| Dec | 24 |
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.
Jalālābād receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 7.8 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 30. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Mar | 5.1 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.3 | Intense |
| May | 7.3 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.8 | Intense |
| Jul | 6.9 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.2 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.7 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.8 | Bright |
| Nov | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3.1 | Moderate |
Where is Jalālābād?
Jalālābād sits at 34.4°N, 70.5°E, 575 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Mehtar Lām, 35 km away.
Topography around Jalālābād
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jalālābād.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Jalālābād has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 938 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,321 m.
The land around Jalālābād is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, bare terrain (57%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (32%) and grassland (30%) within 80 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 Jalālābād (34.4265°, 70.4515°, elevation 575 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).