Kuran wa Munjan
Kurān wa Munjān, also spelled Kiran wa Munjan (‘Alāqahdārī Kirān wa Munjān)[1] or Koran va Monjan,[2] (Persian: کران و منجان) is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[3] It is the capital of Kuran wa Munjan District.
Kuran wa Munjan | |
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  Kuran wa Munjan Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 36°01′43″N 070°46′21″E[1] | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Kuran wa Munjan |
| Elevation | 8,291 ft (2,527 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+04:30 |
Climate
With a cold and temperate climate, Kuran wa Munjan features a cool-summer humid continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen climate classification. It has cool, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Kuran wa Munjan is 8.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 762 mm. August is the driest month with 10 mm of rainfall, while April, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 167 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 19.5 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of -3.9 °C.
| Climate data for Kuran wa Munjan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
8.1 (46.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- Alāqahdārī Kirān wa Munjān at GEOnet Names Server
- "Satellite map of Koran va Monjan". Maplandia.com.
- "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- "Climate: Kuran wa Munjan - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
