Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In September its highs average 31.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Kandahār, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Kandahār is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Chaman in SeptemberPakistan · 105 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Quetta in SeptemberPakistan · 201 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Ghazni in SeptemberAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Gardez in SeptemberAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Zābol in SeptemberIran · 406 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in SeptemberPakistan · 418 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Khuzdar in SeptemberPakistan · 432 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Khōst in SeptemberAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°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.