Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kabul: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In July its highs average 33.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kabul, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 10th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Kabul is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.0 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bagrām in JulyAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Gardez in JulyAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JulyAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Ghazni in JulyAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Khōst in JulyAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Baghlān in JulyAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bannu in JulyPakistan · 217 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Shabqadar in JulyPakistan · 221 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 133 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.