Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Kabul: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In March its highs average 11.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kabul, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Kabul is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Gardez in MarchAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MarchAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Ghazni in MarchAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 217 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Shabqadar in MarchPakistan · 221 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 87 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.