Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 40.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In July its highs average 36.9°C, 3.1°C cooler than Kandahār, with 3.9 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Kandahār is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Chaman in JulyPakistan · 105 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Quetta in JulyPakistan · 201 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ghazni in JulyAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Gardez in JulyAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Zābol in JulyIran · 406 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in JulyPakistan · 418 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 30.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Khuzdar in JulyPakistan · 432 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Khōst in JulyAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 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.