Shibirghān weather in July

In July, Shibirghān sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Shibirghān's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shibirghān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:04 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Shibirghān is capital city of the Jowzjan Province in northern Afghanistan.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month.

A typical July day in Shibirghān reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Shibirghān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
18 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Shibirghān weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 347.329.82.1
Feb12° / 428.11.710.63.1
Mar18° / 538.90.711.75.7
Apr25° / 13°356.1012.97.3
May32° / 18°153.1013.95.0
Jun37° / 22°20.6014.51.9
Jul39° / 24°00014.30.7
Aug37° / 22°00.1013.42.0
Sep32° / 17°10.1012.25.6
Oct24° / 11°41.1011.18.9
Nov16° / 214.70.4105.8
Dec10° / 275.71.59.52.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Shibirghān gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 98% 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 July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:56 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:567:25
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Shibirghān

In seasonPeak

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

Shibirghān sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is July a good time to visit Shibirghān?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shibirghān.

What to pack for Shibirghān in July

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

In July, Shibirghān sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shibirghān in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Shibirghān peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Shibirghān in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Shibirghān is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (January, 21 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1634 µg/m³Jan 1621 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Shibirghān?

Shibirghān sits at 36.7°N, 65.8°E, 360 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Sar-e Pul, 53 km away.

QarqīnBalkhSang-e ChārakMaymanaMazār-e SharīfMagdanly

Topography around Shibirghān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shibirghān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 359 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,632 m.

The land around Shibirghān is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (50%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (55%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
309 m
80 km
2,632 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
July weather nearby: Sar-e Pul 53 km · Andkhoy 64 km · Qarqīn 87 km · Balkh 102 km · Sang-e Chārak 110 km · Maymana 120 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 121 km · Magdanly 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
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 Shibirghān (36.6676°, 65.7529°, elevation 360 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).