Place in Herat Province, Afghanistan
Karukh (Persian/Pashto: كرخ) is a town and the center of Karukh District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of Herat.
Karukh's busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries. The shrine of Alla Berdi, Sufi ul-Islam, stands there.
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Karukh features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Karukh is 13.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 301 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.7 °C.
| Climate data for Karukh
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
6.7
(44.1)
|
8.5
(47.3)
|
14.7
(58.5)
|
20.0
(68.0)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
33.0
(91.4)
|
31.9
(89.4)
|
27.8
(82.0)
|
21.9
(71.4)
|
14.8
(58.6)
|
9.7
(49.5)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
0.7
(33.3)
|
2.8
(37.0)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
13.3
(55.9)
|
18.1
(64.6)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
24.9
(76.8)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
18.8
(65.8)
|
13.2
(55.8)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
13.1
(55.6)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−5.2
(22.6)
|
−2.8
(27.0)
|
1.9
(35.4)
|
6.6
(43.9)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
14.5
(58.1)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
15.5
(59.9)
|
9.8
(49.6)
|
4.5
(40.1)
|
−0.4
(31.3)
|
−2.9
(26.8)
|
5.7
(42.3)
|
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1]
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Afghanistan