Karukh
# Karukh

Karukh (Persian/Pashto: كرخ) is a town and the center of Karukh District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of Herat. Karukh's busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries. The shrine of Alla Berdi, Sufi ul-Islam, stands there.

## Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Karukh features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Karukh is 13.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 301 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.7 °C.

Climate data for Karukh :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.9 (89.4) | 27.8 (82.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 2.8 (37.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 3.4 (38.1) | 13.1 (55.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) | −2.8 (27.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | −2.9 (26.8) | 5.7 (42.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Rangin Dadfar Spanta
