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Kishim District 
Summary
Kishim District is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan.The district capital is Mashhad. The district is located in the Keshem Valley, a primarily rural area on the western edge of the province, and is home to approximately 89,833 residents,[1] making it the second most populous district of the province.
Kishim
کشيم | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| Capital | Mashhad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
| Population | |
| • Estimate () | 89,833 |
Climate edit
Kishim has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), with warm summers and cold winters. The temperature in July averages 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). January has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is −3.8 °C (25.2 °F).
| Climate data for Kishim | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
15.4 (59.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
9.4 (49.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) |
76 (3.0) |
109 (4.3) |
152 (6.0) |
127 (5.0) |
27 (1.1) |
5 (0.2) |
2 (0.1) |
6 (0.2) |
33 (1.3) |
57 (2.2) |
51 (2.0) |
559 (22.0) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Estimated Population of Afghanistan 2019-20" (PDF). Central Statistics Organization. 18 November 2019. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Climate: Kishim". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
External links edit
- Map at the Afghanistan Information Management Services
36°46′12″N 70°07′54″E / 36.77000°N 70.13167°E