Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kabul: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kabul, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Kabul is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bagrām in MayAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Gardez in MayAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MayAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Ghazni in MayAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Khōst in MayAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bannu in MayPakistan · 217 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Shabqadar in MayPakistan · 221 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 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.