Mazār-e Sharīf
City in Afghanistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nowruz in northern Afghanistan in March 2011: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mazār-e Sharīf is a city in Afghanistan, in Balkh. About 523,300 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Afghanistan in our atlas.
It lies at 36.71° N, 67.11° E, about 361 m (1,184 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kabul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Mazār-e Sharīf. Green dots: other major cities of Afghanistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mazār-e Sharīf has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (30°F). Around 178 mm (7 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
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
- Balkh · 20 km
- Kunduz · 155 km
- Baghlān · 156 km
- Bagrām · 272 km
- Kabul · 304 km
- Ghazni · 369 km
- Jalālābād · 391 km
- Gardez · 393 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1133616 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q130469 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nowruz in northern Afghanistan in March 2011: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)