Climate in Herat (Afghanistan)

Herat is located in the west of Afghanistan, in the Hari River Valley, at about the same latitude as Kabul, but at a lower altitude, 900 meters (2,950 feet), and has an arid continental climate, with quite cold winters and very hot, sunny summers.
Winter is quite cold, but the average temperature is above freezing. Sometimes it snows, but more rarely than in Kabul. Here too, cold spells with intense frosts are possible in winter. In January 2008, the temperature dropped to -20 °C (-4 °F).
Summer is hot and sunny, and characterized by an intense and frequent wind that blows from the north, the "wind of one hundred and twenty days" (Bad-i-Sad-u-Bist-Ruz), which blows in the west of Afghanistan in the warm season, from June to September, raising sand, dust, and salt.
In Herat, precipitation is scarce and amounts to 240 millimeters (9.5 inches) per year. It never rains from June to September, but autumn is dry as well.
In winter, the sun in Herat shines a little less often than in Kabul; in the rest of the year, it shines regularly here as well, especially from May to September.

Herat - Climate data

The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 4.6 °C (40.4 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 30.6 °C (87.2 °F). Here are the average temperatures.
Precipitation amounts to 240 millimeters (9.4 inches) per year: it is therefore scarce. It ranges from 0 mm (0 in) in the driest months (June, July, August, September) to 55 mm (2.2 in) in the wettest one (March). Here is the average precipitation.
There are on average around 3130 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average hours of sunshine per day.