Best time to visit Afghanistan

Afghanistan is represented here by Kabul (34.5°, 69.2°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a continental climate with a wide temperature swing, 521 mm of rain a year, and a 22.8°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Afghanistan falls in a continental climate with a wide temperature swing.

Climate in Kabul

Kabul is hottest in July (average 23.1°C) and coolest in January (0.3°C). The wet season runs February–April.

Open the Kabul page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Kabul: typical hottest-month average 23.1°C and about 521 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Kabul (June, July, and August).

Kabul in Afghanistan

Kabul sits at 34.53°, 69.17°. It is a continental climate with a wide temperature swing. July is the warmest month at 23.1°C (high 31.6°C); January is the coolest at 0.3°C (low -5.3°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 22.8°C.

The wet season runs from February to April. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 4,434,550. The wettest month is April (79 mm, 9 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is December (19 mm).