Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 38.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In August its highs average 35.5°C, 2.9°C cooler than Kandahār, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Kandahār is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chaman in AugustPakistan · 105 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Quetta in AugustPakistan · 201 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Ghazni in AugustAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Gardez in AugustAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Zābol in AugustIran · 406 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 27.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in AugustPakistan · 418 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 29.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Khuzdar in AugustPakistan · 432 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Khōst in AugustAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 147 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.