Kabul climate

Name: Kabul
Address: AF

Kabul is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.1 °C. April is the wettest month (76 mm) and August the driest (4.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kabul averages 389 mm of rain, 135 days above 25 °C and 112 days below freezing.

Afghanistan · population 4,434,550 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month January -9.1 °C
Driest month August 4 mm
Wettest month April 76 mm
Least cloud September 9 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January -27 °C

What to expectKabul through the year

Kabul has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.7 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 135 days a year reach 25 °C, 73 of them reach 30 °C, 112 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 76 mm against 4 mm in August — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.7 °C	41 mm	41 %
February	3.8 °C	60 mm	45 %
March	10.5 °C	69 mm	48 %
April	18.5 °C	76 mm	44 %
May	24.5 °C	49 mm	33 %
June	29.7 °C	13 mm	14 %
July	32.5 °C	8 mm	10 %
August	31.6 °C	4 mm	12 %
September	27.5 °C	8 mm	9 %
October	20.7 °C	13 mm	16 %
November	13.5 °C	24 mm	29 %
December	7.4 °C	24 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	2.7 °C	-9.1 °C	-3.1 °C	13.6 °C	-26.9 °C	0	0	30
February	3.8 °C	-7.4 °C	-1.5 °C	18.2 °C	-26.7 °C	0	0	26
March	10.5 °C	-1.4 °C	5.0 °C	26.4 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	18
April	18.5 °C	5.4 °C	12.7 °C	29.1 °C	-7.7 °C	2	0	3
May	24.5 °C	11.3 °C	18.5 °C	34.1 °C	-0.2 °C	15	2	0
June	29.7 °C	16.0 °C	23.4 °C	37.3 °C	8.2 °C	28	15	0
July	32.5 °C	19.1 °C	25.8 °C	37.7 °C	13.2 °C	31	27	0
August	31.6 °C	18.3 °C	24.8 °C	36.8 °C	10.9 °C	31	24	0
September	27.5 °C	14.2 °C	21.0 °C	33.4 °C	5.6 °C	25	5	0
October	20.7 °C	8.3 °C	14.7 °C	29.9 °C	-1.3 °C	4	0	0
November	13.5 °C	1.7 °C	7.8 °C	23.4 °C	-17.2 °C	0	0	10
December	7.4 °C	-5.0 °C	1.2 °C	19.2 °C	-21.3 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	6	10 h/day	41 %	56 %	9.6 km/h
February	60 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	60 %	9.4 km/h
March	69 mm	9	12 h/day	48 %	61 %	9.6 km/h
April	76 mm	11	13 h/day	44 %	57 %	11 km/h
May	49 mm	10	14 h/day	33 %	46 %	13 km/h
June	13 mm	4	14 h/day	14 %	34 %	16 km/h
July	8 mm	2	14 h/day	10 %	34 %	17 km/h
August	4 mm	1	13 h/day	12 %	37 %	16 km/h
September	8 mm	2	12 h/day	9 %	35 %	13 km/h
October	13 mm	3	11 h/day	16 %	40 %	10 km/h
November	24 mm	5	10 h/day	29 %	49 %	9.0 km/h
December	24 mm	4	9.9 h/day	33 %	51 %	9.4 km/h

How Kabul compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kabul	33 °C	-9.1 °C	389 mm	135
Jalālābād · Afghanistan	37 °C	4.8 °C	279 mm	200
Bannu · Pakistan	38 °C	4.4 °C	715 mm	229
Peshawar · Pakistan	39 °C	3.1 °C	791 mm	226
Kohat · Pakistan	38 °C	3.2 °C	748 mm	223
Kunduz · Afghanistan	39 °C	-2.3 °C	394 mm	180
Mardan · Pakistan	38 °C	3.4 °C	862 mm	222

Where Kabul ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in December	1stof 50	7.4 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	1stof 50	3.8 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	1stof 50	2.7 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	1stof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	1stof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Africa year-round	1stof 50	19 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kabul.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kabul’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kabul?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kabul get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 73 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 112 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kabul?

April, averaging 76 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 389 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kabul rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.