Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In January its highs average 11.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kandahār, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Kandahār is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chaman in JanuaryPakistan · 105 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Quetta in JanuaryPakistan · 201 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Ghazni in JanuaryAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -12.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Gardez in JanuaryAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Zābol in JanuaryIran · 406 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in JanuaryPakistan · 418 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Khuzdar in JanuaryPakistan · 432 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Khōst in JanuaryAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -2.1°C · 29 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.