Common information
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Population
- 272 806
Cost of living and prices in Herat
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre44USD/month
- in city centre73USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre73USD/month
- in city centre116USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 2 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 9 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 4 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 7 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 0 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 1 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 0 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 2 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Fruits | Oranges | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 0 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 0 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 2 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 0 USD |
| Taxi | Taxi start | seat | 2 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 4 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 15 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 22 USD |
| Clothing | Summer Dress in Zara, H&M | 1 pc | 22 USD |
| Shoes | Nike Running Shoes | 1 pair | 29 USD |
| Shoes | Men Leather Business Shoes | 1 pair | 36 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 189 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 73 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 44 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 116 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 73 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 566 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 294 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 174 USD |
| Mortgage | Interest Rate | 1 year | 20 |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Herat
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 39 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 40 | 44 |
| Average high, °C | 31 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 23 |
| Average temperature, °C | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 16 |
| Average low, °C | 12 | 6 | 1 | -2 | -5 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 7 |
| Record low, °C | 2 | -4 | -8 | -22 | -19 | -11 | -13 | -2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 10 | -22 |
| Rain, days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 0 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 61 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 |
| Relative humidity, % | 34 | 43 | 55 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 50 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 34 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 44 | 35 |
| Day Length, часов | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Dew point, °C | 6 | 3 | 1 | -0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 56 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 363 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 195 | 353 | 495 | 586 | 527 | 2733 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 18 |