Kandahar climate: monthly averages

If you only need Kandahar climate: monthly averages, the figures and table here are the whole story. Kandahar runs from 6.8 C in Jan to 32.8 C in Jul, a swing of 26.0 C. Rain is strongly seasonal: Feb is the wettest month at 1.08 mm/day, while Jul runs at 0.11 mm/day, about 9.8x drier. Taken together that is roughly 162 mm of rain a year for the grid cell. Because each page is rebuilt independently, one unavailable upstream never takes the rest of the site down. The table underneath carries the per-month breakdown; the related pages cover the same dataset nearby.

Annual mean temperature
20.2 C
Warmest month
Jul (32.8 C)
Coldest month
Jan (6.8 C)
Wettest month
Feb (1.08 mm/day)
All-time record high
44.9 C
All-time record low
-7.6 C
Annual precipitation
161 mm / year
Coordinates
31.6133, 65.7101
Population
523,300
Average monthly temperature and rainfall in Kandahar
MonthMean temp (C)Rain (mm/day)Record high (C)Record low (C)
Jan6.80.7622.7-7.3
Feb9.41.0828.4-7.6
Mar15.20.9235.9-3.8
Apr21.40.6438.4-1.1
May27.10.1542.47.7
Jun31.00.2344.614.1
Jul32.80.1144.917.4
Aug30.80.2244.716.5
Sep26.00.1241.07.6
Oct20.10.1736.53.9
Nov13.50.5030.8-2.6
Dec8.20.4326.5-7.3

What the Kandahar climate table shows

Values are multi-decadal climatological averages for the 31.6133, 65.7101 grid cell, not a single year. Rain is the daily mean, so a value of 2.00 mm/day is about 60 mm across a 30-day month. Averages smooth over extremes, so use them for planning rather than for what to pack for next Tuesday.

Frequently asked questions

How much rain is 1.08 mm/day in a month?

Rain is recorded as a daily mean, so 1.08 mm/day is roughly 33 mm across a 30-day month.

Does Kandahar get the same every year?

Close to it. Averaging decades smooths variation, so treat these as typical rather than guaranteed.