Kunduz climate

Name: Kunduz
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Kunduz is warmest in July, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.3 °C. March is the wettest month (76 mm) and August the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kunduz averages 394 mm of rain, 180 days above 25 °C and 65 days below freezing.

Afghanistan · population 161,902 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January -2.3 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month March 76 mm
Least cloud August 4 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record January -23 °C

What to expectKunduz through the year

Kunduz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 39 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 180 days a year reach 25 °C, 139 of them reach 30 °C, 65 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 76 mm against 0 mm in August — 494 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.7 °C	43 mm	61 %
February	11.0 °C	59 mm	62 %
March	17.5 °C	76 mm	62 %
April	23.8 °C	75 mm	54 %
May	30.1 °C	43 mm	39 %
June	36.8 °C	5 mm	15 %
July	39.4 °C	1 mm	6 %
August	37.8 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
September	32.7 °C	3 mm	6 %
October	24.8 °C	13 mm	22 %
November	16.1 °C	41 mm	47 %
December	10.2 °C	37 mm	55 %

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	8.7 °C	-2.3 °C	3.1 °C	19.3 °C	-22.7 °C	0	0	23
February	11.0 °C	-0.9 °C	5.1 °C	25.4 °C	-20.8 °C	0	0	15
March	17.5 °C	4.5 °C	11.3 °C	36.9 °C	-15.6 °C	3	0	5
April	23.8 °C	10.4 °C	17.6 °C	37.2 °C	-1.4 °C	13	3	0
May	30.1 °C	15.6 °C	23.6 °C	41.3 °C	4.5 °C	26	16	0
June	36.8 °C	20.5 °C	29.7 °C	46.8 °C	12.3 °C	30	29	0
July	39.4 °C	23.1 °C	32.4 °C	45.1 °C	17.0 °C	31	31	0
August	37.8 °C	21.5 °C	30.7 °C	45.0 °C	13.8 °C	31	31	0
September	32.7 °C	16.4 °C	25.2 °C	40.5 °C	8.7 °C	29	24	0
October	24.8 °C	10.4 °C	17.9 °C	37.3 °C	1.2 °C	16	5	0
November	16.1 °C	4.1 °C	10.0 °C	31.9 °C	-13.6 °C	1	0	4
December	10.2 °C	-0.8 °C	4.6 °C	23.1 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	43 mm	8	9.9 h/day	61 %	74 %	7.9 km/h
February	59 mm	9	11 h/day	62 %	74 %	9.3 km/h
March	76 mm	11	12 h/day	62 %	71 %	11 km/h
April	75 mm	10	13 h/day	54 %	66 %	11 km/h
May	43 mm	6	14 h/day	39 %	52 %	12 km/h
June	5 mm	1	15 h/day	15 %	31 %	12 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	24 %	13 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	24 %	13 km/h
September	3 mm	0	12 h/day	6 %	30 %	11 km/h
October	13 mm	2	11 h/day	22 %	45 %	9.9 km/h
November	41 mm	7	10 h/day	47 %	66 %	8.5 km/h
December	37 mm	7	9.7 h/day	55 %	73 %	7.6 km/h

How Kunduz 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
Kunduz	39 °C	-2.3 °C	394 mm	180
Tirmiz · Uzbekistan	40 °C	0.00 °C	186 mm	190
Kŭlob · Tajikistan	35 °C	-3.9 °C	682 mm	160
Mazār-e Sharīf · Afghanistan	38 °C	-0.2 °C	229 mm	176
Dushanbe · Tajikistan	32 °C	-5.9 °C	825 mm	133
Kabul · Afghanistan	33 °C	-9.1 °C	389 mm	135
Jalālābād · Afghanistan	37 °C	4.8 °C	279 mm	200

Where Kunduz ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in December	2nd of 50	10 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	2nd of 50	8.7 °C
The coolest places in Africa in February	3rd of 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Africa in November	9th of 50	16 °C
The warmest places in Africa in July	10th of 50	39 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	12th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kunduz’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kunduz?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October 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 Kunduz get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 139 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 65 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kunduz?

March, averaging 76 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 394 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 Kunduz 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
Data point: 36.729°, 68.857° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.