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When to go to Kabul

Twelve months of averages for Kabul, and what they say about when to go.

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When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): July.
Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): December to February.
The warmest month is July (32°C) and the coolest January (5°C). The wettest is April (79 mm) and the driest December (19 mm); about 521 mm of rain falls in a year.

Kabul: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanCold
FebCold
MarCool
AprMild–warm, mixed
MayMild–warm, dry
JunMild–warm, dry
JulHot
AugMild–warm, dry
SeptMild–warm, dry
OctMild–warm, dry
NovCool
DecCold

Month by month

Every month in Kabul

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Kabul by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	5°C	-6°C	40 mm	53%	65%	2.9	23°C	Cold
February	7°C	-5°C	65 mm	59%	68%	3.5	24°C	Cold
March	14°C	0°C	78 mm	55%	64%	4.8	27°C	Cool
April	20°C	5°C	79 mm	51%	57%	6.1	31°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
May	25°C	9°C	48 mm	44%	48%	7.3	35°C	Mild to warm and dry
June	29°C	12°C	30 mm	33%	37%	8.1	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
July	32°C	14°C	34 mm	29%	33%	8	39°C	Hot
August	30°C	13°C	42 mm	30%	35%	7.2	39°C	Mild to warm and dry
September	26°C	9°C	33 mm	30%	33%	6.3	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
October	21°C	5°C	25 mm	33%	39%	5	34°C	Mild to warm and dry
November	13°C	0°C	28 mm	41%	53%	3.5	29°C	Cool
December	8°C	-4°C	19 mm	45%	56%	2.9	25°C	Cold

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

5°C

-6°C

40 mm

53%

65%

2.9

23°C

Cold

February

7°C

-5°C

65 mm

59%

68%

3.5

24°C

Cold

March

14°C

0°C

78 mm

55%

64%

4.8

27°C

Cool

April

20°C

5°C

79 mm

51%

57%

6.1

31°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

May

25°C

9°C

48 mm

44%

48%

7.3

35°C

Mild to warm and dry

June

29°C

12°C

30 mm

33%

37%

8.1

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

July

32°C

14°C

34 mm

29%

33%

39°C

Hot

August

30°C

13°C

42 mm

30%

35%

7.2

39°C

Mild to warm and dry

September

26°C

9°C

33 mm

30%

33%

6.3

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

October

21°C

5°C

25 mm

33%

39%

34°C

Mild to warm and dry

November

13°C

0°C

28 mm

41%

53%

3.5

29°C

Cool

December

8°C

-4°C

19 mm

45%

56%

2.9

25°C

Cold