Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In June its highs average 35.9°C, 2.8°C cooler than Kandahār, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest June highs and 4th of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 33.1°C; Kandahār is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 40.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Chaman in JunePakistan · 105 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Quetta in JunePakistan · 201 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Ghazni in JuneAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Gardez in JuneAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Zābol in JuneIran · 406 kmHigh 41.6°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in JunePakistan · 418 kmHigh 43.5°C · Low 30.4°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Khuzdar in JunePakistan · 432 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Khōst in JuneAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 50 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.