Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Khanabad, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks joint 7th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Khanabad is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kunduz in MayAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bokhtar in MayTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MayTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MayAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Bagrām in MayAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Balkh in MayAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 13 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.