Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In December its highs average 14.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kandahār, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Kandahār is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Chaman in DecemberPakistan · 105 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Quetta in DecemberPakistan · 201 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Ghazni in DecemberAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gardez in DecemberAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Zābol in DecemberIran · 406 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in DecemberPakistan · 418 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Khuzdar in DecemberPakistan · 432 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Khōst in DecemberAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 16 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.