Climate averages 1991–2020
Khōst weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Khōst: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gardez (71 km away). In September its highs average 24.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Khōst, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Khōst ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 14th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Khōst is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gardez in SeptemberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Bannu in SeptemberPakistan · 75 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Jalālābād in SeptemberAfghanistan · 130 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ghazni in SeptemberAfghanistan · 141 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Kohat in SeptemberPakistan · 144 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Kabul in SeptemberAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Paharpur in SeptemberPakistan · 169 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Peshawar in SeptemberPakistan · 170 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 74 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.