Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in June.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Khōst: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 19 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In June its highs average 26.8°C, 4.9°C cooler than Khōst, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest June highs and 14th of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 33.1°C; Khōst is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Gardez in JuneAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Bannu in JunePakistan · 75 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Jalālābād in JuneAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ghazni in JuneAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Kohat in JunePakistan · 144 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Kabul in JuneAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Paharpur in JunePakistan · 169 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 28.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Peshawar in JunePakistan · 170 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 40 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.