Darai Nur

Darai Nur (Pashayi/Pashto: دره نور) or Darra-i-Nur is a town in the Darai Nur District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is located 45 km to the northeast of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar. Darai Nur's residents speak a variant of Pashayi language, but are bilingual in Pashto.

Darai Nur
Town
Darai Nur
Location
Coordinates: 34.702778°N 70.601944°E / 34.702778; 70.601944
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceNangarhar Province
DistrictDarai Nur District
Elevation
2,106 m (6,909 ft)
Time zone+4:30

Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Darai Nur features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Darai Nur is 12.4 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 845 mm. June is the driest month with 25 mm of precipitation, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 162 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 23.2 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.8 °C.

Climate data for Darai Nur
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 5.6
(42.1)
6.4
(43.5)
11.3
(52.3)
16.6
(61.9)
21.8
(71.2)
28.2
(82.8)
28.8
(83.8)
27.7
(81.9)
25.0
(77.0)
20.0
(68.0)
13.5
(56.3)
7.9
(46.2)
17.7
(63.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.8
(33.4)
1.8
(35.2)
6.5
(43.7)
11.6
(52.9)
16.2
(61.2)
22.2
(72.0)
23.2
(73.8)
22.3
(72.1)
19.0
(66.2)
13.8
(56.8)
7.9
(46.2)
3.2
(37.8)
12.4
(54.3)
Average low °C (°F) −3.9
(25.0)
−2.7
(27.1)
1.7
(35.1)
6.6
(43.9)
10.7
(51.3)
16.2
(61.2)
17.6
(63.7)
16.9
(62.4)
13.0
(55.4)
7.7
(45.9)
2.3
(36.1)
−1.5
(29.3)
7.1
(44.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

See also

References

  1. "Climate: Dara-e-Nur - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.


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