Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Gardez (75 km away). In December its highs average 5.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ghazni, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Ghazni is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 5.1°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 18 mm to 36 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gardez in DecemberAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Jalālābād in DecemberAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Bannu in DecemberPakistan · 213 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Kohat in DecemberPakistan · 281 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Paharpur in DecemberPakistan · 288 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 11 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.