Climate and average weather in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

In Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: early October to late November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn typically varies from 4°C to 36°C, and is rarely below 0°C or above 40°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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn for warm-weather activities are from early April to late April and early October to late November.

Hottest
Jun
36°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Mar
97 mm
Driest
Jun
16 mm
Rain / yr
555 mm
73 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
972 m
34.1°N
Clearest
Sep
18% cloud

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 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 late November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 12 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn is June, with an average high of 36°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 28 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan134
Feb156
Mar1910
Apr2516
May3120
Jun3624
Jul3525
Aug3424
Sep3222
Oct2616
Nov2010
Dec156

How hot and cold Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

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, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn feels like about 37°C (around July 20). About 116 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan131334
Feb151556
Mar19191010
Apr25251616
May31312020
Jun35362424
Jul36352525
Aug35342424
Sep32322222
Oct26261616
Nov20201010
Dec151566

Average hourly temperature in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

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 36°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 465.90.8104.2
Feb15° / 738.40.710.74.7
Mar19° / 10°9711.60.111.76.1
Apr25° / 16°818.7012.87.0
May31° / 20°345.5013.85.0
Jun36° / 24°162.8014.22.9
Jul35° / 25°505.80142.8
Aug34° / 24°447.6013.33.6
Sep32° / 22°325012.25.2
Oct26° / 16°283.8011.18.2
Nov20° / 10°274.2010.27.6
Dec15° / 264.10.29.85.6

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn gets about 555 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.6 months, from around Jan 21 to May 9, peaking in March at about 38% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 14.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 97 mm over about 12 wet days; June is the driest, with 16 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 18 · 38%Jun 14 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan196
Feb308
Mar3612
Apr299
May176
Jun93
Jul196
Aug248
Sep165
Oct134
Nov144
Dec144

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn collects about 555 mm of rain across 73 wet days — roughly 46 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 97 mm, while June is the driest at just 16 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec467397813416504432282726
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4661
Feb7381
Mar97120
Apr8190
May3460
Jun1630
Jul5060
Aug4480
Sep3250
Oct2840
Nov2740
Dec2640

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, 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 19 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around November 28. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 96% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 29 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around May 18. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 42% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 21 · 97%Mar 15 · 57%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6535
Feb5941
Mar5842
Apr6139
May7624
Jun946
Jul937
Aug928
Sep964
Oct928
Nov8119
Dec7525

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 14, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.06:584:55
Feb10.76:405:24
Mar11.76:055:49
Apr12.85:226:13
May13.84:506:37
Jun14.24:406:55
Jul14.04:516:55
Aug13.35:136:30
Sep12.25:355:48
Oct11.15:585:06
Nov10.26:274:38
Dec9.86:514:35

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.0 months, from around May 29 to Nov 28. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is April, down near 13 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the September peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 1427 daysApr 1613 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb13Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May17Bright
Jun24Brilliant
Jul25Brilliant
Aug25Brilliant
Sep26Brilliant
Oct25Brilliant
Nov20Bright
Dec20Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around June 18 to September 26. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 82% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 27 to June 17, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 8 · 100%Aug 8 · 12%oppressivecomfortablehumidmuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr9180000
May84151000
Jun701210720
Jul17121828241
Aug891835291
Sep4019211730
Oct8893000
Nov10000000
Dec10000000

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMay 28 · 6 km/hNov 1 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late November, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late April and again from early October to late November, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 24 · 8.7

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.3fair
Feb4.8fair
Mar6.1good
Apr6.9good
May5.0fair
Jun2.9poor
Jul2.8poor
Aug3.6fair
Sep5.3fair
Oct8.1ideal
Nov7.6ideal
Dec5.6good

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn for hot-weather activities run from late April to early June and again from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the first week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 2 · 8.5

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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 36°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In June, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn peaks around June 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 12UV 11Nov 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov2Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan10
Feb4.50
Mar62
Apr7.54.5
May8.56
Jun96.5
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct5.51.5
Nov00
Dec10

Air quality in Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 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).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1934 µg/m³Oct 2121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan940
Feb970
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec990

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn banks about 3,775 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb15
Mar153
Apr310
May487
Jun595
Jul630
Aug591
Sep497
Oct336
Nov142
Dec19

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.

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 23 to Oct 1. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 59% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 87.6 kWhDec 223.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.2Moderate
Feb3.9Moderate
Mar4.9Bright
Apr6.1Intense
May7.1Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug5.9Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov3.6Moderate
Dec3.1Moderate

Where is Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn?

Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn sits at 34.1°N, 70.7°E, 972 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Jalālābād, 41 km away.

Mehtar LāmPeshawarAsadābādKhōstĀsmārKabulGardez

Topography around Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m around an average of 974 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,501 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,404 m.

The land around Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn is covered by bare terrain (66%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (50%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
307 m
16 km
2,501 m
80 km
4,404 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Jalālābād 41 km · Mehtar Lām 76 km · Peshawar 81 km · Asadābād 92 km · Khōst 114 km · Āsmār 117 km · Kabul 148 km · Gardez 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 Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (34.1258°, 70.7078°, elevation 972 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).