Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Khōst: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Khōst, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Khōst is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Khōst climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 29 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 12.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 74 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 70 | 11.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 41 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 50 | 9.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 152 | 18.6 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 147 | 19.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 50 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 17 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 14.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 16 | 2.7 | 10.010 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
August in nearby cities
- Gardez in AugustAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 75 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Jalālābād in AugustAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ghazni in AugustAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Kohat in AugustPakistan · 144 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Kabul in AugustAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Paharpur in AugustPakistan · 169 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Peshawar in AugustPakistan · 170 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 152 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 Khōst) is explained once on the Khōst year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.