Tukzar

Tukzar is a town in Sancharak district of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan. The town is the administrative centre of Sancharak district.^[1]

Place in Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan

35°58′2″N 66°26′0″E / 35.96722°N 66.43333°E / 35.96722; 66.43333Country

AfghanistanProvinceSar-e Pol ProvinceDistrictSancharakGovernment

• MayorModir AzamElevation

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3,940 ft (1,201 m)Time zoneUTC+4:30

35°58′2″N 66°26′0″E / 35.96722°N 66.43333°E / 35.96722; 66.43333

Climate

Tukzar has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa) with hot summers and cool winters. In winter, there is much more rainfall in Tokzar than in summer.

July is the warmest month of the year, the temperature in July averages 24.0 °C (75.2 °F). In January, the average temperature is −0.8 °C (30.6 °F), it is the lowest average temperature of the whole year.

Climate data for Tokzar, Sar-e Pol Province
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.3 (41.5)	6.9 (44.4)	13.7 (56.7)	19.2 (66.6)	24.4 (75.9)	29.1 (84.4)	30.9 (87.6)	29.7 (85.5)	25.6 (78.1)	19.9 (67.8)	12.7 (54.9)	7.6 (45.7)	18.7 (65.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.8 (30.6)	0.7 (33.3)	7.1 (44.8)	12.6 (54.7)	17.6 (63.7)	21.9 (71.4)	24.0 (75.2)	22.7 (72.9)	18.6 (65.5)	13.3 (55.9)	6.7 (44.1)	1.4 (34.5)	12.2 (53.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−6.8 (19.8)	−5.5 (22.1)	0.4 (32.7)	6.0 (42.8)	10.8 (51.4)	14.7 (58.5)	17.0 (62.6)	15.7 (60.3)	11.5 (52.7)	6.6 (43.9)	0.7 (33.3)	−4.8 (23.4)	5.5 (42.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	55 (2.2)	69 (2.7)	85 (3.3)	95 (3.7)	59 (2.3)	6 (0.2)	1 (0.0)	0 (0)	2 (0.1)	15 (0.6)	43 (1.7)	42 (1.7)	472 (18.5)
Average relative humidity (%)	64	67	64	64	54	36	32	33	40	51	62	62	52
Source: Climate-Data.org^[3]

References

^ Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan, NABDP, Development Programme of Sancharak District Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Elevation: Tukzar". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Climate: Tokzar- Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 5 September 2022.