Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kunduz: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In September its highs average 31.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kunduz, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kunduz ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 29.4°C; Kunduz is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 12 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khanabad in SeptemberAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Baghlān in SeptemberAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bokhtar in SeptemberTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Tirmiz in SeptemberUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kŭlob in SeptemberTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in SeptemberAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Balkh in SeptemberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Denov in SeptemberUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.4 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.