Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kabul: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In December its highs average 8.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kabul, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Kabul is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Gardez in DecemberAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Jalālābād in DecemberAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ghazni in DecemberAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Baghlān in DecemberAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Bannu in DecemberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Shabqadar in DecemberPakistan · 221 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 18 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.