Climate averages 1991–2020

Khōst weather
in November.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.3°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 5.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 17 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a mild month in Khōst: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In November its highs average 11.4°C, 6.9°C cooler than Khōst, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest November highs and joint 4th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 15.8°C; Khōst is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 16 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khōst, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.9°C-2.1°C-2.1°C295.010.210 h
February 12.5°C-0.4°C-0.4°C567.711.011 h
March 17.6°C4.4°C4.4°C7411.512.012 h
April 23.3°C9.5°C9.5°C7011.513.013 h
May 28.9°C14.2°C14.2°C419.113.914 h
June 31.8°C18.3°C18.3°C509.014.314 h
July 29.1°C20.4°C20.4°C15218.614.114 h
August 27.5°C19.8°C19.8°C14719.513.413 h
September 26.4°C16.2°C16.2°C5011.612.412 h
October 23.3°C10.3°C10.3°C244.911.411 h
November, selected 18.3°C5.0°C5.0°C173.510.510 h
December 14.3°C0.6°C0.6°C162.710.010 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Khōst

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 limits

How 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.