Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kabul: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Kabul, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Kabul is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.2 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bagrām in SeptemberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Gardez in SeptemberAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Jalālābād in SeptemberAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ghazni in SeptemberAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Khōst in SeptemberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Baghlān in SeptemberAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bannu in SeptemberPakistan · 217 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Shabqadar in SeptemberPakistan · 221 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 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.