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Balkh

Afghanistan · Asia

Balkh is most comfortable in autumn. Summers are hot and winters are cool. Rain stays limited most of the year. The air is mostly dry.

Best time to go
Balkh travel scene
12 mo · Typical year
Temperature range
30°F to 100°F
Rain
3 days/mo
Sunshine
10.4 h/day
Humidity feel
Mostly dry

Month-by-month fit

Temperature

Very hot by day, mild at night.

96°Ftypical Aug high
30°40°50°60°70°80°90°100°HighLow100°F47°F74°F30°FJanMarMayJulSepNovCurrent month · 96°F
Typical range

Precipitation

One of the driest months, with very little rain.

~0%wet-day frequency
012345678Amount (in)0%25%50%75%100%32%JanMarMayJulSepNovCurrent month · 0%0%
AmountWet-day chance

Sunshine

Plenty of sun this month.

12.9 hAug sunshine
0 h4 h8 h12 h16 h7.1 hJanMarMayJulSepNovCurrent month · 12.9 h12.9 h

Heat & humidity by month

Very hot, mostly dry days.

38%Aug share of hot air hours
0%25%50%75%100%38% Hot air52% Hot air92% Easy airJanMarMayJulSepNov
Easy airWarm airHot airHumid air

Hourly comfort pattern

In August, afternoons feel about 92° and nights feel near 67°.

January 12 AM - 31° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 1 AM - 31° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 2 AM - 30° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 3 AM - 30° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 4 AM - 30° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 5 AM - 30° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 6 AM - 29° (Freezing) - NighttimeJanuary 7 AM - 30° (Freezing)January 8 AM - 31° (Freezing)January 9 AM - 37° (Very cold)January 10 AM - 38° (Very cold)January 11 AM - 39° (Very cold)January 12 PM - 42° (Very cold)January 1 PM - 43° (Very cold)January 2 PM - 43° (Very cold)January 3 PM - 42° (Very cold)January 4 PM - 42° (Very cold)January 5 PM - 40° (Very cold)January 6 PM - 36° (Very cold) - NighttimeJanuary 7 PM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeJanuary 8 PM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeJanuary 9 PM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeJanuary 10 PM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeJanuary 11 PM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 12 AM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 1 AM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 2 AM - 34° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 3 AM - 34° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 4 AM - 34° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 5 AM - 34° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 6 AM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 7 AM - 33° (Very cold)February 8 AM - 35° (Very cold)February 9 AM - 41° (Very cold)February 10 AM - 42° (Very cold)February 11 AM - 43° (Very cold)February 12 PM - 46° (Cold)February 1 PM - 46° (Cold)February 2 PM - 47° (Cold)February 3 PM - 47° (Cold)February 4 PM - 47° (Cold)February 5 PM - 45° (Cold)February 6 PM - 41° (Very cold)February 7 PM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 8 PM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 9 PM - 37° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 10 PM - 37° (Very cold) - NighttimeFebruary 11 PM - 37° (Very cold) - NighttimeMarch 12 AM - 46° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 1 AM - 45° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 2 AM - 44° (Very cold) - NighttimeMarch 3 AM - 44° (Very cold) - NighttimeMarch 4 AM - 44° (Very cold) - NighttimeMarch 5 AM - 44° (Very cold) - NighttimeMarch 6 AM - 43° (Very cold)March 7 AM - 45° (Cold)March 8 AM - 47° (Cold)March 9 AM - 53° (Cold)March 10 AM - 54° (Cold)March 11 AM - 54° (Cold)March 12 PM - 58° (Cool)March 1 PM - 58° (Cool)March 2 PM - 58° (Cool)March 3 PM - 59° (Cool)March 4 PM - 59° (Cool)March 5 PM - 58° (Cool)March 6 PM - 53° (Cold)March 7 PM - 52° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 8 PM - 51° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 9 PM - 49° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 10 PM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeMarch 11 PM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeApril 12 AM - 57° (Cool) - NighttimeApril 1 AM - 57° (Cool) - NighttimeApril 2 AM - 55° (Cold) - NighttimeApril 3 AM - 55° (Cold) - NighttimeApril 4 AM - 55° (Cold) - NighttimeApril 5 AM - 54° (Cold)April 6 AM - 56° (Cool)April 7 AM - 59° (Cool)April 8 AM - 61° (Cool)April 9 AM - 67° (Comfortable)April 10 AM - 68° (Comfortable)April 11 AM - 68° (Comfortable)April 12 PM - 71° (Comfortable)April 1 PM - 72° (Comfortable)April 2 PM - 72° (Comfortable)April 3 PM - 72° (Comfortable)April 4 PM - 72° (Comfortable)April 5 PM - 73° (Comfortable)April 6 PM - 67° (Comfortable)April 7 PM - 65° (Comfortable)April 8 PM - 64° (Cool) - NighttimeApril 9 PM - 61° (Cool) - NighttimeApril 10 PM - 60° (Cool) - NighttimeApril 11 PM - 59° (Cool) - NighttimeMay 12 AM - 66° (Comfortable) - NighttimeMay 1 AM - 65° (Comfortable) - NighttimeMay 2 AM - 63° (Cool) - NighttimeMay 3 AM - 63° (Cool) - NighttimeMay 4 AM - 63° (Cool) - NighttimeMay 5 AM - 63° (Cool)May 6 AM - 67° (Comfortable)May 7 AM - 71° (Comfortable)May 8 AM - 72° (Comfortable)May 9 AM - 78° (Warm)May 10 AM - 79° (Warm)May 11 AM - 80° (Warm)May 12 PM - 83° (Warm)May 1 PM - 83° (Warm)May 2 PM - 84° (Warm)May 3 PM - 83° (Warm)May 4 PM - 83° (Warm)May 5 PM - 84° (Warm)May 6 PM - 79° (Warm)May 7 PM - 77° (Warm)May 8 PM - 74° (Comfortable) - NighttimeMay 9 PM - 70° (Comfortable) - NighttimeMay 10 PM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeMay 11 PM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 12 AM - 72° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 1 AM - 72° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 2 AM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 3 AM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 4 AM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJune 5 AM - 69° (Comfortable)June 6 AM - 74° (Comfortable)June 7 AM - 79° (Warm)June 8 AM - 80° (Warm)June 9 AM - 86° (Hot)June 10 AM - 87° (Hot)June 11 AM - 88° (Hot)June 12 PM - 91° (Hot)June 1 PM - 92° (Hot)June 2 PM - 93° (Hot)June 3 PM - 93° (Hot)June 4 PM - 92° (Hot)June 5 PM - 93° (Hot)June 6 PM - 88° (Hot)June 7 PM - 85° (Hot)June 8 PM - 83° (Warm) - NighttimeJune 9 PM - 78° (Warm) - NighttimeJune 10 PM - 76° (Warm) - NighttimeJune 11 PM - 76° (Warm) - NighttimeJuly 12 AM - 74° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJuly 1 AM - 74° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJuly 2 AM - 71° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJuly 3 AM - 71° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJuly 4 AM - 71° (Comfortable) - NighttimeJuly 5 AM - 71° (Comfortable)July 6 AM - 76° (Warm)July 7 AM - 80° (Warm)July 8 AM - 82° (Warm)July 9 AM - 88° (Hot)July 10 AM - 89° (Hot)July 11 AM - 90° (Hot)July 12 PM - 94° (Hot)July 1 PM - 94° (Hot)July 2 PM - 95° (Sweltering)July 3 PM - 95° (Sweltering)July 4 PM - 95° (Sweltering)July 5 PM - 96° (Sweltering)July 6 PM - 91° (Hot)July 7 PM - 87° (Hot)July 8 PM - 85° (Hot) - NighttimeJuly 9 PM - 80° (Warm) - NighttimeJuly 10 PM - 79° (Warm) - NighttimeJuly 11 PM - 78° (Warm) - NighttimeAugust 12 AM - 70° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 1 AM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 2 AM - 67° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 3 AM - 67° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 4 AM - 67° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 5 AM - 67° (Comfortable)August 6 AM - 70° (Comfortable)August 7 AM - 74° (Comfortable)August 8 AM - 79° (Warm)August 9 AM - 85° (Hot)August 10 AM - 86° (Hot)August 11 AM - 86° (Hot)August 12 PM - 90° (Hot)August 1 PM - 91° (Hot)August 2 PM - 91° (Hot)August 3 PM - 92° (Hot)August 4 PM - 92° (Hot)August 5 PM - 93° (Hot)August 6 PM - 85° (Hot)August 7 PM - 81° (Warm)August 8 PM - 80° (Warm) - NighttimeAugust 9 PM - 75° (Warm) - NighttimeAugust 10 PM - 74° (Comfortable) - NighttimeAugust 11 PM - 73° (Comfortable) - NighttimeSeptember 12 AM - 60° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 1 AM - 60° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 2 AM - 58° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 3 AM - 58° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 4 AM - 58° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 5 AM - 58° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 6 AM - 60° (Cool)September 7 AM - 63° (Cool)September 8 AM - 69° (Comfortable)September 9 AM - 76° (Warm)September 10 AM - 77° (Warm)September 11 AM - 77° (Warm)September 12 PM - 82° (Warm)September 1 PM - 82° (Warm)September 2 PM - 82° (Warm)September 3 PM - 83° (Warm)September 4 PM - 83° (Warm)September 5 PM - 82° (Warm)September 6 PM - 74° (Comfortable)September 7 PM - 70° (Comfortable) - NighttimeSeptember 8 PM - 69° (Comfortable) - NighttimeSeptember 9 PM - 65° (Comfortable) - NighttimeSeptember 10 PM - 64° (Cool) - NighttimeSeptember 11 PM - 64° (Cool) - NighttimeOctober 12 AM - 50° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 1 AM - 50° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 2 AM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 3 AM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 4 AM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 5 AM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 6 AM - 49° (Cold)October 7 AM - 51° (Cold)October 8 AM - 56° (Cool)October 9 AM - 64° (Cool)October 10 AM - 64° (Cool)October 11 AM - 65° (Comfortable)October 12 PM - 69° (Comfortable)October 1 PM - 70° (Comfortable)October 2 PM - 70° (Comfortable)October 3 PM - 70° (Comfortable)October 4 PM - 70° (Comfortable)October 5 PM - 68° (Comfortable)October 6 PM - 61° (Cool)October 7 PM - 58° (Cool) - NighttimeOctober 8 PM - 57° (Cool) - NighttimeOctober 9 PM - 54° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 10 PM - 53° (Cold) - NighttimeOctober 11 PM - 53° (Cold) - NighttimeNovember 12 AM - 41° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 1 AM - 41° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 2 AM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 3 AM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 4 AM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 5 AM - 40° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 6 AM - 39° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 7 AM - 40° (Very cold)November 8 AM - 43° (Very cold)November 9 AM - 50° (Cold)November 10 AM - 51° (Cold)November 11 AM - 52° (Cold)November 12 PM - 56° (Cool)November 1 PM - 56° (Cool)November 2 PM - 55° (Cold)November 3 PM - 55° (Cold)November 4 PM - 54° (Cold)November 5 PM - 53° (Cold)November 6 PM - 48° (Cold) - NighttimeNovember 7 PM - 47° (Cold) - NighttimeNovember 8 PM - 46° (Cold) - NighttimeNovember 9 PM - 44° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 10 PM - 43° (Very cold) - NighttimeNovember 11 PM - 43° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 12 AM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 1 AM - 33° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 2 AM - 32° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 3 AM - 32° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 4 AM - 32° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 5 AM - 32° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 6 AM - 32° (Freezing) - NighttimeDecember 7 AM - 32° (Very cold)December 8 AM - 34° (Very cold)December 9 AM - 40° (Very cold)December 10 AM - 41° (Very cold)December 11 AM - 42° (Very cold)December 12 PM - 45° (Cold)December 1 PM - 45° (Cold)December 2 PM - 45° (Cold)December 3 PM - 45° (Cold)December 4 PM - 43° (Very cold)December 5 PM - 43° (Very cold)December 6 PM - 39° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 7 PM - 38° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 8 PM - 37° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 9 PM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 10 PM - 35° (Very cold) - NighttimeDecember 11 PM - 35° (Very cold) - Nighttime12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
FreezingVery coldColdCoolComfortableWarmHotSwelteringNight shading
More detailIncludes sky, daypart comfort, and wind

Cloud cover

Predominantly clear skies.

97%Aug clear sky
0%25%50%75%100%42%JanMarMayJulSepNovCurrent month · 97%97%
ClearCloud cover
Typical August day

August late afternoons are around 95°F, easing to about 83°F in early evening.

Avg temp Typical range
Morning87°F
Rain0%
Cloud2%
Humid airLow
Sun intensityStrong
Midday95°F
Rain0%
Cloud3%
Humid airLow
Sun intensityStrong
Late afternoon95°F
Rain0%
Cloud3%
Humid airLow
Sun intensityModerate
Early evening83°F
Rain0%
Cloud3%
Humid airLow
Sun intensityMinimal
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Wind pattern

Calm winds are typical in August.

6 mphAug Calm
0 mph5 mph10 mph15 mph20 mph25 mphJanMarMayJulSepNovCurrent month · 6 mph6 mph
Typical wind speed (mph)

Similar

Want a side-by-side climate view? Compare Balkh with Madrid.

Climate data notePlanning guidance, not a forecast

Typical monthly values are based on long-term climate records. Useful for planning, not a forecast. Check the weather before you travel.

Local microclimates can vary by beach, neighborhood, trail, or elevation.

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026

Data & methodology