Fayzabad weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Fayzabad is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and October close behind. Fayzabad averages about 3,177 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,177
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 234 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈79 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 1,168 m
When is the best time to visit Fayzabad?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fayzabad is September, then June and October. The dullest month is January (8/100, 30 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fayzabad?
Fayzabad is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,177 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate September (98) from January (8), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 7 destinations in Afghanistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,355 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 50% of the annual 234 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| February | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| March | 68 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 40 mm | 5 |
| April | 91 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| May | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| June | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 9 |
| July | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| August | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| October | 97 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| November | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| December | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 24 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 217 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Kabul Afghanistan · 308 km · best in Oct · 3,497 h sun/yr
- Khujand Tajikistan · 351 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 375 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 421 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Osh Kyrgyzstan · 435 km · best in Sep · 2,957 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kulob Tajikistan · 115 km · 3,133 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Bokhtar Tajikistan · 168 km · 3,196 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Chitral Pakistan · 179 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Termez Uzbekistan · 285 km · 3,225 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan · 298 km · 3,233 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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