🇦🇫 Afganistán
Mazār-e Sharīf
Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Balkh Province. It has 12 city districts (nahias) and an estimated population of 568,013 people. Hafiz Abdul Rahman Himat is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Mohammad Kazim Tariq.
- Country
- 🇦🇫 Afganistán
- Elevation
- 365 m
- Population
- 523,300
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
- Coordinates
- 36.71, 67.11
Weather in Mazār-e Sharīf month by month
The best months to go: Mar · Apr · Oct
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 8° | 13° | 20° | 27° | 33° | 39° | 41° | 37° | 32° | 23° | 14° | 10° |
| low | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 20° | 26° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| rain | 41 mm | 51 mm | 40 mm | 37 mm | 13 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 6 mm | 38 mm | 23 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Mazār-e Sharīf is from other cities in Afganistán
- Kabul306 km✈ 1 h 7 min · 🚗 5 h 6 min
- Jalālābād395 km✈ 1 h 14 min · 🚗 6 h 35 min
- Herāt516 km✈ 1 h 23 min · 🚗 8 h 36 min
- Kandahār581 km✈ 1 h 28 min · 🚗 9 h 41 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.