Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ghazni, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Ghazni is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gardez in MayAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Kabul in MayAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Khōst in MayAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Bagrām in MayAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MayAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Bannu in MayPakistan · 213 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Kohat in MayPakistan · 281 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Paharpur in MayPakistan · 288 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 20 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.