Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghazni weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Ghazni: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (75 km away). In September its highs average 24.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ghazni, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Ghazni ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Ghazni is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 3.6 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gardez in SeptemberAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Kabul in SeptemberAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Khōst in SeptemberAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Bagrām in SeptemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Jalālābād in SeptemberAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bannu in SeptemberPakistan · 213 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Kohat in SeptemberPakistan · 281 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Paharpur in SeptemberPakistan · 288 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 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.