Kabul climate — normals and trends
Kabul (Afghanistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 409 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Kabul averages 135 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Kabul has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 151 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 10 July 1998) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 4 January 2006).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KabulKabul
- coords
- 34.53°, 69.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
409mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
140.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.3 °C
10 July 1998
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
4 January 2006
Wettest day
43 mm
2 April 1950
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
20 May 1986
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
20 May 1986
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
9 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
4 January 2006
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
2 April 1950
Sunniest day
13.6 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 68 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 73 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 23 mm | -60 mm |
| May | 24.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 21 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 50 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kabul?
Kabul has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 409 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kabul?
The hottest day measured in Kabul between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1998, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kabul?
The coldest day measured in Kabul between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2006, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kabul?
Yes. Kabul gets on average 140.6 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Kabul warmed?
Yes: Kabul warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kabul?
The wettest day measured in Kabul between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1950, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kabul?
The windiest day measured in Kabul between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1986, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kabul?
The warmest month in Kabul is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kabul?
Kabul receives on average 409 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kabul?
Kabul gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kabul?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kabul between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1950, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kabul?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kabul.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kabul?
In Kabul, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 9 July 1998, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 4 January 2006.
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