Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Kandahār, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 22.0°C; Kandahār is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kandahār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 42 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 48 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 45 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 38.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 22 | 2.4 | 10.110 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
April in nearby cities
- Chaman in AprilPakistan · 105 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Quetta in AprilPakistan · 201 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Ghazni in AprilAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Gardez in AprilAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Zābol in AprilIran · 406 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in AprilPakistan · 418 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Khuzdar in AprilPakistan · 432 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Khōst in AprilAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 70 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 Kandahār) is explained once on the Kandahār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.