Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Khōst: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 6.5°C cooler than Khōst, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks joint 7th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 28.1°C; Khōst is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gardez in MayAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Bannu in MayPakistan · 75 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Jalālābād in MayAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Ghazni in MayAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Kohat in MayPakistan · 144 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Kabul in MayAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Paharpur in MayPakistan · 169 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Peshawar in MayPakistan · 170 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 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.