Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ghazni, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Ghazni is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 3.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ghazni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-12.9°C | -12.9°C | 36 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.2°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 50 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 53 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 19 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 9.0 | 2.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 19 | 4.3 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 18 | 2.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gardez in AugustAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Kabul in AugustAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Khōst in AugustAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Bagrām in AugustAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AugustAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 213 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Kohat in AugustPakistan · 281 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Paharpur in AugustPakistan · 288 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 143 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 Ghazni) is explained once on the Ghazni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.