Herāt weather by month & the best time to visit

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · city break · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Herāt is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and May close behind. Herāt averages about 3,496 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

3,496

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

234 mm

Snow / year

≈17 cm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

574k

Elevation

980 m

When is the best time to visit Herāt?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Herāt is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (23/100, 34 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Herāt?

Herāt is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,496 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate September (100) from January (23), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 7 destinations in Afghanistan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,355 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 50% of the annual 234 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Mashhad Iran · 325 km · best in Sep · 3,221 h sun/yr
• Zahedan Iran · 541 km · best in Oct · 3,764 h sun/yr
• Ashgabat Turkmenistan · 545 km · best in Sep · 3,046 h sun/yr
• Kabul Afghanistan · 642 km · best in Oct · 3,497 h sun/yr
• Bukhara Uzbekistan · 650 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
• Kerman Iran · 662 km · best in Sep · 3,716 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Maymana Afghanistan · 300 km · 3,355 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Birjand Iran · 310 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Mary Turkmenistan · 381 km · 3,269 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Kandahar Afghanistan · 452 km · 3,943 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Sabzevar Iran · 474 km · 3,457 h sun/yr · best in Oct