Khanabad weather in August

In August, Khanabad sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Khanabad's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khanabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:15 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
4%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Khanabad is city.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical August day in Khanabad reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Khanabad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Khanabad weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°427.72.69.81.9
Feb12° / 5693.310.63.0
Mar18° / 6910.20.911.75.5
Apr24° / 12°719.70.112.96.8
May30° / 17°426.2013.95.4
Jun36° / 22°41.3014.52.4
Jul39° / 24°10.1014.30.9
Aug37° / 22°00013.42.1
Sep32° / 16°20.4012.25.5
Oct25° / 11°122.2011.18.6
Nov16° / 366.30.7105.7
Dec11° / 356.41.99.52.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1982
2982
3982
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5982
6982
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khanabad gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:03 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:036:56
213.95:046:55
313.85:046:55
413.85:056:54
513.85:066:53
613.75:076:52
713.75:086:50
813.75:096:49
913.65:096:48
1013.65:106:47
1113.65:116:46
1213.55:126:45
1313.55:136:44
1413.55:146:42
1513.45:146:41
1613.45:156:40
1713.45:166:39
1813.35:176:37
1913.35:186:36
2013.35:196:35
2113.25:196:34
2213.25:206:32
2313.25:216:31
2413.15:226:29
2513.15:236:28
2613.05:246:27
2713.05:246:25
2813.05:256:24
2912.95:266:22
3012.95:276:21
3112.95:286:19

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Khanabad

In seasonPeak

None of Khanabad's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Khanabad sees seasonal dust haze (May–July), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Khanabad?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khanabad.

What to pack for Khanabad in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Khanabad sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khanabad in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khanabad peaks around May 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateMay 23UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Khanabad in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Khanabad is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (January, 22 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 2337 µg/m³Jan 1522 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr37Poor
May37Poor
Jun31Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khanabad?

Khanabad sits at 36.7°N, 69.1°E, 499 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Kunduz, 23 km away.

RustāqPul-e Khumrī

Topography around Khanabad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Khanabad.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khanabad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 508 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,079 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,759 m.

The land around Khanabad is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%), cropland (25%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
215 m
16 km
1,079 m
80 km
4,759 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kunduz 23 km · Taloqan 38 km · Ārt Khwājah 55 km · Qarāwul 67 km · Nahrīn 69 km · Baghlān 71 km · Rustāq 81 km · Pul-e Khumrī 90 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 17% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$417
2024
Happiness
1.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
15.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Muslim 100%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Khanabad (36.683°, 69.1128°, elevation 499 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).