Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Khōst: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Khōst, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Khōst is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gardez in JulyAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Bannu in JulyPakistan · 75 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JulyAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Ghazni in JulyAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kohat in JulyPakistan · 144 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Kabul in JulyAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Paharpur in JulyPakistan · 169 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Peshawar in JulyPakistan · 170 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.2°C · 153 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.