Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In December its highs average 10.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Khanabad, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Khanabad is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Khanabad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 42 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 56 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 69 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 71 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 42 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 36 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 35 | 6.4 | 9.710 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
December in nearby cities
- Kunduz in DecemberAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Baghlān in DecemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Bokhtar in DecemberTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Kŭlob in DecemberTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Tirmiz in DecemberUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in DecemberAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bagrām in DecemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Balkh in DecemberAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 25 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 Khanabad) is explained once on the Khanabad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.