Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Kabul: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In November its highs average 14.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kabul, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest November highs and 10th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 15.8°C; Kabul is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 7.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 24 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bagrām in NovemberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Gardez in NovemberAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Jalālābād in NovemberAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ghazni in NovemberAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Khōst in NovemberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Baghlān in NovemberAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Bannu in NovemberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Shabqadar in NovemberPakistan · 221 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 23 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.