Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Kunduz: daytime highs average 39.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In July its highs average 38.0°C, 1.5°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 July highs and 6th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 34.8°C; Kunduz is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 39.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Khanabad in JulyAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Baghlān in JulyAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bokhtar in JulyTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Tirmiz in JulyUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kŭlob in JulyTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in JulyAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Balkh in JulyAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Denov in JulyUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.3 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.