Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kabul: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In August its highs average 32.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kabul, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Kabul is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 7.2 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Kabul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 42 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.7°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.5°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 68 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 11.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.0 | 1.8 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 14 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 24 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Bagrām in AugustAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Gardez in AugustAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AugustAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ghazni in AugustAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Khōst in AugustAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Baghlān in AugustAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 217 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Shabqadar in AugustPakistan · 221 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 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 Kabul) is explained once on the Kabul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.