Gulran | |
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  Gulran Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 35°6′0″N61°40′12″E / 35.10000°N 61.67000°E Coordinates: 35°6′0″N61°40′12″E / 35.10000°N 61.67000°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Herat |
| District | Gulran |
| Elevation | 3,087 ft (941 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Gulran is a village in Herat Province, Afghanistan. [1] It is the center of the Gulran District. Like other parts of Herat province the population is overwhelmingly Tajik with small pockets of Pashtun population.
Gulran has a cold steppe climate (Köppen: BSk) with very hot summers and cool winters.
| Climate data for Gulran | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.6 (1.48) | 48.2 (1.90) | 57.1 (2.25) | 32.3 (1.27) | 12.2 (0.48) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 5.2 (0.20) | 14.4 (0.57) | 27.8 (1.09) | 234.8 (9.24) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 61 | 53 | 45 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 48 | 52 | 37 |
| Source 1: ClimateCharts [2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Weather Online (humidity) [3] | |||||||||||||
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