When to go · Afghanistan
When to go to Kandahār
Twelve months of averages for Kandahār, and what they say about when to go.
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): May to September.
- The warmest month is July (41°C) and the coolest January (14°C). The wettest is February (31 mm) and the driest July (3 mm); about 162 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCool
- FebCool
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecCool
Month by month
Every month in Kandahār
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 0°C | 24 mm | 45% | 36% | 3.6 | 23°C | Cool |
| February | 17°C | 2°C | 31 mm | 44% | 40% | 4.4 | 24°C | Cool |
| March | 23°C | 7°C | 29 mm | 38% | 38% | 5.7 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 30°C | 13°C | 19 mm | 30% | 33% | 6.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 36°C | 18°C | 5 mm | 20% | 20% | 8 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 40°C | 22°C | 7 mm | 14% | 12% | 8.5 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 41°C | 24°C | 3 mm | 15% | 13% | 8.1 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 39°C | 22°C | 7 mm | 15% | 14% | 7.6 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 35°C | 17°C | 4 mm | 13% | 8% | 6.8 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 29°C | 12°C | 5 mm | 18% | 11% | 5.6 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 21°C | 6°C | 15 mm | 31% | 25% | 4.2 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 15°C | 1°C | 13 mm | 38% | 29% | 3.5 | 25°C | Cool |
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.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Bannu485 kmGood for going: February to April and October to December
- Dera Ismail Khan492 kmGood for going: November to March
- Dera Ghazi Khan502 kmGood for going: November to March
- Larkana512 kmGood for going: November to February
- Sukkur531 kmGood for going: November to February
- Rahim Yar Khan567 kmGood for going: November to February
- Multan572 kmGood for going: November to February
- Jalalpur Pirwala577 kmGood for going: November to February
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)