Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Khōst: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In March its highs average 7.3°C, 10.3°C cooler than Khōst, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Khōst is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gardez in MarchAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 75 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MarchAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Ghazni in MarchAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Kohat in MarchPakistan · 144 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kabul in MarchAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Paharpur in MarchPakistan · 169 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Peshawar in MarchPakistan · 170 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 85 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.