Kuran wa Munjan

Kurān wa Munjān, also spelled Kiran wa Munjan or Koran va Monjan, is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Kuran wa Munjan District.

Climate

Owing to its altitude, Kuran wa Munjan features a subarctic climate bordering on a tundra climate under the Köppen climate classification. It has brief, pleasant summers and very cold, snowy winters. Winters are extremely long with below-freezing months from October until May. Summers are very short and the seasonal lag in August makes it the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of. The coldest month January has an average temperature of.
The annual precipitation averages, with August as the driest month with of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of.