Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In October its highs average 25.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kandahār, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Kandahār is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chaman in OctoberPakistan · 105 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Quetta in OctoberPakistan · 201 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ghazni in OctoberAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Gardez in OctoberAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Zābol in OctoberIran · 406 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in OctoberPakistan · 418 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Khuzdar in OctoberPakistan · 432 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Khōst in OctoberAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 24 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.