Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In March its highs average 19.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Kandahār, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Kandahār is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chaman in MarchPakistan · 105 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Quetta in MarchPakistan · 201 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Ghazni in MarchAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Gardez in MarchAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Zābol in MarchIran · 406 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in MarchPakistan · 418 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Khuzdar in MarchPakistan · 432 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Khōst in MarchAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 74 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.