Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanabad weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Khanabad: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kunduz (23 km away). In September its highs average 32.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Khanabad, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khanabad ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 6th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Khanabad is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kunduz in SeptemberAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Baghlān in SeptemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bokhtar in SeptemberTajikistan · 132 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kŭlob in SeptemberTajikistan · 149 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Tirmiz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in SeptemberAfghanistan · 179 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bagrām in SeptemberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Balkh in SeptemberAfghanistan · 198 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.7 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.