Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, 2.6°C cooler than Kandahār, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Kandahār is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chaman in MayPakistan · 105 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Quetta in MayPakistan · 201 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Ghazni in MayAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Gardez in MayAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Zābol in MayIran · 406 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in MayPakistan · 418 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Khuzdar in MayPakistan · 432 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Khōst in MayAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 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.