Sang-e Chārak weather in September

In September, Sang-e Chārak sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 4 mm of precipitation across 0.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Sang-e Chārak's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sang-e Chārak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 4 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:52 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 10%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Sang-e Chārak is town in Afghanistan, Sar-e-Pul Province.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical September day in Sang-e Chārak reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C cooler than August and about 5°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

How September really feels in Sang-e Chārak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September 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

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

Sang-e Chārak weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -12°	45	9.1	8.4	9.8	0.0
Feb	-1° / -10°	56	10.1	8.7	10.6	0.0
Mar	5° / -5°	76	12.2	7	11.7	0.5
Apr	13° / 1°	100	16.2	3	12.9	3.1
May	18° / 6°	88	14.2	0.5	13.9	5.4
Jun	21° / 10°	14	4	0	14.4	8.2
Jul	23° / 12°	3	0.9	0	14.2	9.4
Aug	23° / 11°	2	0.4	0	13.4	9.3
Sep	19° / 7°	4	0.9	0.1	12.2	8.5
Oct	14° / 2°	19	3.9	0.7	11.1	5.3
Nov	8° / -4°	43	7.7	4.4	10.1	1.4
Dec	1° / -10°	36	7	6.1	9.6	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%. 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
Clearer (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	95	95	95	95	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	90
Cloudier (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	90	10

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Sang-e Chārak gets around 4 mm of rain and snow over 0.9 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 3% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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
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

	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

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 5:44 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
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:40	6:28
2	12.8	5:41	6:26
3	12.7	5:42	6:25
4	12.7	5:42	6:23
5	12.6	5:43	6:22
6	12.6	5:44	6:20
7	12.6	5:45	6:19
8	12.5	5:46	6:17
9	12.5	5:46	6:16
10	12.5	5:47	6:14
11	12.4	5:48	6:13
12	12.4	5:49	6:11
13	12.3	5:50	6:10
14	12.3	5:50	6:08
15	12.3	5:51	6:07
16	12.2	5:52	6:05
17	12.2	5:53	6:04
18	12.1	5:53	6:02
19	12.1	5:54	6:01
20	12.1	5:55	5:59
21	12.0	5:56	5:58
22	12.0	5:57	5:56
23	12.0	5:57	5:55
24	11.9	5:58	5:53
25	11.9	5:59	5:51
26	11.8	6:00	5:50
27	11.8	6:01	5:48
28	11.8	6:02	5:47
29	11.7	6:02	5:45
30	11.7	6:03	5:44

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 6.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.8	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Sang-e Chārak?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Sang-e Chārak for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Sang-e Chārak in September

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

In September, Sang-e Chārak sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Sang-e Chārak in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sang-e Chārak peaks around July 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	7	10	10	11	10	9	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Sang-e Chārak in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sang-e Chārak is worst in May — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	11	13	20	26	28	23	22	20	22	18	13	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sang-e Chārak?

Sang-e Chārak sits at 35.8°N, 66.4°E, 1,483 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Sar-e Pul, 61 km away.

Topography around Sang-e Chārak

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sang-e Chārak.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sang-e Chārak has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 631 m around an average of 1,545 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,214 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,787 m.

The land around Sang-e Chārak is covered by grassland (55%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and bare terrain (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and bare terrain (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

631 m

grassland 55%

16 km

2,214 m

grassland 53%

80 km

3,787 m

grassland 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrain

← August Sang-e Chārak year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Sar-e Pul 61 km · Balkh 109 km · Shibirghān 110 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 113 km · Bāzār-e Yakāwlang 133 km · Khulm 147 km · Maymana 149 km · Aībak 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

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 Sang-e Chārak (35.8497°, 66.4369°, elevation 1,483 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	19	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	17	5
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	90	10

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	90	10

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	90	10

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

	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