Maymana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Maymana is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with October and May close behind. Maymana averages about 3,355 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,355
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 190 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈36 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 76k
- Elevation
- 831 m
When is the best time to visit Maymana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Maymana is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (16/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Maymana?
Maymana is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,355 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate September (99) from January (16), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 7 destinations in Afghanistan for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,355 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around February, carries about 55% of the annual 190 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| February | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| March | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 37 mm | 5 |
| April | 95 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 24 mm | 6 |
| May | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 10 mm | 9 |
| June | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| July | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| August | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| September | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 0 mm | 7 |
| October | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 4 mm | 5 |
| November | 63 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 24 mm | 3 |
| December | 32 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 23 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 428 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Kabul Afghanistan · 432 km · best in Oct · 3,497 h sun/yr
- Mashhad Iran · 461 km · best in Sep · 3,221 h sun/yr
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 462 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Samarkand Uzbekistan · 462 km · best in Sep · 2,936 h sun/yr
- Ashgabat Turkmenistan · 613 km · best in Sep · 3,046 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan · 236 km · 3,233 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Termez Uzbekistan · 273 km · 3,225 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Herāt Afghanistan · 300 km · 3,496 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mary Turkmenistan · 317 km · 3,269 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Karshi Uzbekistan · 332 km · 3,130 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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