Climate averages 1991–2020
Gardez weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Gardez: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In December its highs average 14.3°C, 8.9°C warmer than Gardez, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Gardez is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 23 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gardez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 41 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 54 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 47 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 10 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 5.3°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.010 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Ghazni in DecemberAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Bannu in DecemberPakistan · 145 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Jalālābād in DecemberAfghanistan · 146 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kohat in DecemberPakistan · 206 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Peshawar in DecemberPakistan · 222 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 18 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gardez) is explained once on the Gardez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.