Climate averages 1991–2020
Gardez weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Gardez: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, 10.3°C warmer than Gardez, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Gardez is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.0°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Ghazni in MarchAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 145 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MarchAfghanistan · 146 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Kohat in MarchPakistan · 206 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Peshawar in MarchPakistan · 222 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 85 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.