Jalālābād weather in January

In January, Jalālābād sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Jalālābād's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jalālābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 26 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 6:59 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

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.

← December Jalālābād year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Jalālābād reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	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)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How January really feels in Jalālābād

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Jalālābād weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	70	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	66	66	64	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	60	59
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	34	34	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	40	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Jalālābād gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

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

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January 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 January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:10 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)	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	6:59	4:43
2	9.7	7:00	4:44
3	9.8	7:00	4:45
4	9.8	7:00	4:46
5	9.8	7:00	4:46
6	9.8	7:00	4:47
7	9.8	7:00	4:48
8	9.8	7:00	4:49
9	9.8	7:00	4:49
10	9.8	7:00	4:50
11	9.8	7:00	4:51
12	9.9	7:00	4:52
13	9.9	7:00	4:53
14	9.9	7:00	4:54
15	9.9	7:00	4:55
16	9.9	6:59	4:55
17	10.0	6:59	4:56
18	10.0	6:59	4:57
19	10.0	6:59	4:58
20	10.0	6:58	4:59
21	10.0	6:58	5:00
22	10.1	6:58	5:01
23	10.1	6:57	5:02
24	10.1	6:57	5:03
25	10.1	6:57	5:04
26	10.1	6:56	5:05
27	10.2	6:56	5:06
28	10.2	6:55	5:07
29	10.2	6:54	5:08
30	10.2	6:54	5:09
31	10.3	6:53	5:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Jalālābād?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Jalālābād for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jalālābād in January

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

In January, Jalālābād sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Jalālābād in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

Air quality in Jalālābād in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Location & terrain

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.

3 km

103 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

938 m

bare terrain 57%

80 km

4,321 m

bare terrain 32%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Jalālābād year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Mehtar Lām 35 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 41 km · Asadābād 81 km · Āsmār 107 km · Peshawar 114 km · Kabul 118 km · Bāzārak 130 km · Khōst 130 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	61	39
30	60	40
31	59	41

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

	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