Darai Nur | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Nangarhar |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Darai Nur |
Timezone: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 34.7028°N 70.6019°W |
Elevation M: | 2106 |
Darai Nur (Pashayi/Pushto; Pashto: دره نور) or Darra-i-Nur is a town in the Darai Nur District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is located 45 km to the northeast of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar. Darai Nur's residents speak a variant of Pashayi language, but are bilingual in Pashto.
Darai Nur has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Darai Nur is 12.2 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 1,049 mm. December is the driest month with 34 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 157 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 22.7 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.3 °C.