Nahrīn weather in August

In August, Nahrīn sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nahrīn's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nahrīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:16 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
14%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.3
out of 10

Nahrīn is human settlement in Afghanistan.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Nahrīn reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Nahrīn

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Nahrīn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -10°357.17.29.80.0
Feb / -8°468.77.810.60.0
Mar / -3°7111.57.511.71.1
Apr15° / 12017.23.712.93.6
May19° / 12918.60.713.95.1
Jun23° / 11°377.4014.47.7
Jul26° / 13°71.5014.28.8
Aug25° / 12°30.6013.49.3
Sep21° / 51.10.112.28.9
Oct16° / 265.8111.15.7
Nov / -3°356.94.510.12.0
Dec / -9°245.35.39.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 5%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2928
3928
4937
5937
6937
7937
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9937
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nahrīn gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:046:55
213.85:056:54
313.85:066:53
413.85:066:52
513.75:076:51
613.75:086:50
713.75:096:49
813.65:106:48
913.65:106:47
1013.65:116:46
1113.55:126:45
1213.55:136:44
1313.55:146:43
1413.45:156:41
1513.45:156:40
1613.45:166:39
1713.35:176:38
1813.35:186:36
1913.35:196:35
2013.25:196:34
2113.25:206:33
2213.25:216:31
2313.15:226:30
2413.15:236:29
2513.15:236:27
2613.05:246:26
2713.05:256:24
2813.05:266:23
2912.95:276:22
3012.95:276:20
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
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47.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nahrīn

In seasonPeak

None of Nahrīn's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Nahrīn's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Nahrīn?

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

9.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Nahrīn for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nahrīn in August

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

In August, Nahrīn sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Nahrīn in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nahrīn peaks around May 24 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 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateMay 24UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nahrīn 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 Nahrīn is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMay 2027 µg/m³Dec 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nahrīn?

Nahrīn sits at 36.1°N, 69.1°E, 1,138 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Baghlān, 39 km away.

KunduzTaloqanBāzārakAībakJabal os Saraj

Topography around Nahrīn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nahrīn has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m around an average of 1,220 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,997 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,001 m.

The land around Nahrīn is covered by cropland (35%), bare terrain (35%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (32%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and bare terrain (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
610 m
16 km
1,997 m
80 km
5,001 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainmoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Baghlān 39 km · Pul-e Khumrī 40 km · Khanabad 69 km · Kunduz 78 km · Taloqan 83 km · Bāzārak 90 km · Aībak 103 km · Jabal os Saraj 106 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 Nahrīn (36.0649°, 69.1334°, elevation 1,138 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).