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Barometric pressure in Ghazni

1010hPa
Rising

Day to day, pressure has risen steadily. It is 3 hPa higher than this time yesterday. The move has ended; it stays near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 22:00 local time. A barometer in Ghazni itself reads about 789 hPa.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now33° / 18°33° / 19°34° / 18°33° / 18°32° / 20°31° / 18°30° / 18°31° / 16°32° / 17°32° / 17°32° / 17°32° / 15°33° / 16°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100010051010
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 +2 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Clear sky30° / 18°

low 1003 · high 1010 hPa

MonAug 24 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky31° / 16°

low 1002 · high 1011 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 17°

low 1002 · high 1010 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 17°

low 1001 · high 1010 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Clear sky32° / 17°

low 1000 · high 1008 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky32° / 15°

low 1000 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky33° / 16°

low 999 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky20°1008
01:00Clear sky19°1008
02:00Clear sky18°1008
03:00Clear sky18°1008
04:00Clear sky18°1008
05:00Clear sky18°1009
06:00Clear sky19°1009
07:00Clear sky21°1010
08:00Clear sky23°1010
09:00Clear sky25°1009
10:00Clear sky26°1009
11:00Clear sky28°1008
12:00Clear sky29°1006
13:00Clear sky29°1005
14:00Clear sky30°1004
15:00Clear sky30°1003
16:00Clear sky29°1003
17:00Clear sky27°1004
18:00Clear sky25°1005
19:00Clear sky23°1007
20:00Clear sky22°1008
21:00Clear sky21°1009
22:00Clear sky21°1010
23:00Clear sky20°1010

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 10 hPa in a day.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

In Ghazni pressure moves on a daily clock: about 8 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Ghazni sits 2174 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 221 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 789 hPa as of 22:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Ghazni.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Ghazni, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Ghazni, which stands 2174 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 221 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.