Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In March its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Khanabad, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Khanabad is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kunduz in MarchAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Bokhtar in MarchTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MarchTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MarchAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Bagrām in MarchAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Balkh in MarchAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 47 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.