Khāsh weather in January

In January, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 3.7 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Khāsh's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 20 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:23 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Khāsh is village in Khash Rod District, Afghanistan.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Khāsh reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 4°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	15	2
12	15	2
13	15	2
14	15	2
15	15	2
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	4
31	17	4

How January really feels in Khāsh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Khāsh weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	20	3.7	10.2	6.1
Feb	19° / 6°	17	3.6	10.8	7.6
Mar	25° / 11°	20	3.5	11.8	8.1
Apr	33° / 17°	5	1.2	12.7	4.8
May	38° / 23°	1	0.3	13.6	1.1
Jun	43° / 26°	1	0.1	14	0.0
Jul	44° / 28°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	38° / 20°	0	0	12.2	1.7
Oct	31° / 14°	0	0.2	11.2	6.3
Nov	23° / 8°	3	0.7	10.4	8.9
Dec	18° / 3°	7	1.8	10	7.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79
Cloudier (%)	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Khāsh gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 3.7 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 12% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	14
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14
31	14

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:46 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:23	5:21
2	10.0	7:23	5:22
3	10.0	7:23	5:23
4	10.0	7:23	5:23
5	10.0	7:23	5:24
6	10.0	7:24	5:25
7	10.0	7:24	5:26
8	10.0	7:24	5:26
9	10.1	7:24	5:27
10	10.1	7:24	5:28
11	10.1	7:24	5:29
12	10.1	7:24	5:29
13	10.1	7:24	5:30
14	10.1	7:24	5:31
15	10.1	7:24	5:32
16	10.2	7:23	5:33
17	10.2	7:23	5:34
18	10.2	7:23	5:34
19	10.2	7:23	5:35
20	10.2	7:23	5:36
21	10.2	7:22	5:37
22	10.3	7:22	5:38
23	10.3	7:22	5:39
24	10.3	7:22	5:40
25	10.3	7:21	5:41
26	10.3	7:21	5:41
27	10.4	7:20	5:42
28	10.4	7:20	5:43
29	10.4	7:19	5:44
30	10.4	7:19	5:45
31	10.5	7:18	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Khāsh

In seasonPeak

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

Khāsh sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Khāsh?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Khāsh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khāsh in January

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

In January, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Khāsh in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khāsh peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	7	8	9	12	11	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Khāsh is worst in August — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 38 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	56	55	55	62	67	84	87	73	55	38	40
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	56	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	55	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	67	Unhealthy
Jul	84	Unhealthy
Aug	87	Unhealthy
Sep	73	Unhealthy
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 31.5°N, 62.8°E, 579 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 109 km away.

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 578 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (58%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

bare terrain 58%

16 km

417 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

1,001 m

bare terrain 97%

croplandbare terrain

← December Khāsh year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Zaranj 109 km · Farah 113 km · Zābol 135 km · Khān Neshīn 145 km · Lashkar Gāh 150 km · Gereshk 171 km · Shīnḏanḏ 206 km · Kushk 212 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

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 Khāsh (31.5292°, 62.7906°, elevation 579 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	15	2
12	15	2
13	15	2
14	15	2
15	15	2
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	4
31	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	14
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	15	2
12	15	2
13	15	2
14	15	2
15	15	2
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	4
31	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	14
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	15	2
12	15	2
13	15	2
14	15	2
15	15	2
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	4
29	17	4
30	17	4
31	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	14
22	14
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	14
27	14
28	14
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100