Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In January its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Khanabad, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks joint 7th of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Khanabad is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kunduz in JanuaryAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Baghlān in JanuaryAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JanuaryTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Kŭlob in JanuaryTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JanuaryUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JanuaryAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Bagrām in JanuaryAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -8.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Balkh in JanuaryAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 34 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.