Jowzjan Province · Afghanistan
Sheberghan travel guide
Sheberghan is a city in Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan, home to about 176,000 people.
- Best months
- April and October
- Nearest airport
- MZR130 km · Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport
- Currency
- AFNafghani
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
- Language
- Arabic, Balochi, Dari
About
About Sheberghan
The village of Tilia Tepe about 5 km north of town is an important archaeological site; royal burial mounds there yielded over 20,000 golden artifacts believed to be from the 1st century BCE.
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When to go
The best time to visit Sheberghan
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sheberghan are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; March is the wettest, with about 55 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Sheberghan: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport (MZR), about 130 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Sherberghan is on an ancient trade route, part of the Silk Road, connecting Balkh and Herat. Today, there is a highway, part of an Afghan ring road that connects the country's four largest cities running from Kabul north to Mazar-e-Sharif, west to Herat, south to Kandahar and back to Kabul. Sherberghan is on the Mazar-Herat part of that road. The city also has an airport.
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MZR · Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport
Questions
Sheberghan: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sheberghan?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sheberghan are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; March is the wettest, with about 55 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sheberghan?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport (MZR), about 130 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Sheberghan?
afghani (AFN).
Nearby
Destinations near Sheberghan
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.