Climate averages 1991–2020

Gardez weather
in September.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 13.1°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 18 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Gardez: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In September its highs average 26.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gardez, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 13th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Gardez is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 10 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gardez, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.2°C-7.7°C-7.7°C426.410.210 h
February 0.8°C-6.5°C-6.5°C638.811.011 h
March 7.3°C-0.9°C-0.9°C729.512.012 h
April 16.3°C5.9°C5.9°C6910.713.013 h
May 22.4°C11.1°C11.1°C458.913.914 h
June 26.8°C15.0°C15.0°C417.714.314 h
July 28.7°C16.9°C16.9°C5411.514.114 h
August 27.8°C16.2°C16.2°C4711.813.413 h
September, selected 24.5°C13.1°C13.1°C185.212.412 h
October 18.5°C8.1°C8.1°C102.311.411 h
November 11.4°C2.5°C2.5°C203.510.510 h
December 5.3°C-3.0°C-3.0°C234.110.010 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.

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September in nearby cities

Distance from Gardez

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 limits

How 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.