Jalālābād
City in Afghanistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jalalabad in January 2011: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jalālābād is a city in Afghanistan, in Nangarhar. About 271,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Afghanistan in our atlas.
It lies at 34.43° N, 70.45° E, about 575 m (1,886 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kabul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Jalālābād. Green dots: other major cities of Afghanistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jalālābād has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (32°F). Around 576 mm (23 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in AfghanistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kabul · 118 km
- Bagrām · 124 km
- Khōst · 130 km
- Gardez · 145 km
- Ghazni · 210 km
- Baghlān · 248 km
- Kunduz · 294 km
- Mazār-e Sharīf · 397 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1139715 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q183303 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jalalabad in January 2011: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)