Kabul weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · major city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Kabul is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with June and September close behind. Kabul averages about 3,497 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 25 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,497
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 521 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈74 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 4.4M
- Elevation
- 1,789 m
When is the best time to visit Kabul?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kabul is October, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 40 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kabul?
Kabul is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,497 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate October (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 7 destinations in Afghanistan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,355 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 43% of the annual 521 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 40 mm | 3 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| March | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 78 mm | 6 |
| April | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 79 mm | 8 |
| May | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 48 mm | 10 |
| June | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 14° / 57°F | 30 mm | 11 |
| July | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 34 mm | 11 |
| August | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 42 mm | 10 |
| September | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 11° / 52°F | 33 mm | 8 |
| October | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 6° / 43°F | 25 mm | 6 |
| November | 55 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 28 mm | 4 |
| December | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 19 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Islamabad Pakistan · 352 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 444 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Srinagar India · 515 km · best in Oct · 2,619 h sun/yr
- Multan Pakistan · 527 km · best in Nov · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 528 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 561 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Khost Afghanistan · 153 km · 3,256 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Peshawar Pakistan · 221 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Chitral Pakistan · 277 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan · 299 km · 3,233 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Fayzabad Afghanistan · 308 km · 3,177 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Kabul compares month by month: Kabul vs Islamabad · Kabul vs Srinagar · Kabul vs Dushanbe · all comparisons
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