Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In July its highs average 39.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Khanabad, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Khanabad is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kunduz in JulyAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Baghlān in JulyAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JulyTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kŭlob in JulyTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JulyUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JulyAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bagrām in JulyAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Balkh in JulyAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 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.