Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Khōst: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In January its highs average 0.2°C, 10.7°C cooler than Khōst, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 7.6°C; Khōst is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gardez in JanuaryAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Bannu in JanuaryPakistan · 75 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JanuaryAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ghazni in JanuaryAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -12.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kohat in JanuaryPakistan · 144 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Kabul in JanuaryAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Paharpur in JanuaryPakistan · 169 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Peshawar in JanuaryPakistan · 170 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 35 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.