Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Khōst: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In December its highs average 5.3°C, 8.9°C cooler than Khōst, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 10.5°C; Khōst is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gardez in DecemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Bannu in DecemberPakistan · 75 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Jalālābād in DecemberAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ghazni in DecemberAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Kohat in DecemberPakistan · 144 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kabul in DecemberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Paharpur in DecemberPakistan · 169 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Peshawar in DecemberPakistan · 170 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 18 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.