Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Khōst: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, 4.8°C cooler than Khōst, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Khōst is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gardez in OctoberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Bannu in OctoberPakistan · 75 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Jalālābād in OctoberAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ghazni in OctoberAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kohat in OctoberPakistan · 144 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Kabul in OctoberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Paharpur in OctoberPakistan · 169 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Peshawar in OctoberPakistan · 170 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 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.