Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kunduz: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In August its highs average 36.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Kunduz, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kunduz ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 33.4°C; Kunduz is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kunduz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 44 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 76 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 76 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 45 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 36.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 38.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 6.6 | 9.710 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
August in nearby cities
- Khanabad in AugustAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Baghlān in AugustAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bokhtar in AugustTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Tirmiz in AugustUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kŭlob in AugustTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in AugustAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Balkh in AugustAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Denov in AugustUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.5 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 Kunduz) is explained once on the Kunduz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.