Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Kunduz: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In March its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Kunduz, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kunduz ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Kunduz is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 76 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Khanabad in MarchAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Bokhtar in MarchTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MarchTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MarchAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Balkh in MarchAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Denov in MarchUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 83 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.