Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Kunduz: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kunduz, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kunduz ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Kunduz is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.8°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 42 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Khanabad in OctoberAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Baghlān in OctoberAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Bokhtar in OctoberTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Tirmiz in OctoberUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Kŭlob in OctoberTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in OctoberAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Balkh in OctoberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Denov in OctoberUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 11 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.