Kushk weather in January

In January, Kushk sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 7 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kushk's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kushk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -0°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 43 mm; 7 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:31 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kushk reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°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)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	-1
10	11	-1
11	11	-1
12	11	-1
13	11	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

How January really feels in Kushk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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.

Kushk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / -0°	43	7	1	10	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	52	7.6	0.6	10.8	4.1
Mar	19° / 6°	60	7.7	0	11.7	6.6
Apr	26° / 11°	27	4.2	0	12.8	7.7
May	32° / 17°	4	1.2	0	13.7	5.1
Jun	37° / 22°	0	0.1	0	14.2	2.4
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	0	14	1.1
Aug	37° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	2.1
Sep	33° / 17°	0	0	0	12.2	4.9
Oct	27° / 10°	2	0.5	0	11.2	8.7
Nov	19° / 5°	13	2.6	0	10.3	7.6
Dec	13° / 1°	20	3.9	0.3	9.8	4.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	75	75	74	74	74	73	72	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	25	25	26	26	26	27	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kushk gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 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 7:30 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 5:20 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:30	5:20
2	9.8	7:31	5:21
3	9.8	7:31	5:22
4	9.9	7:31	5:22
5	9.9	7:31	5:23
6	9.9	7:31	5:24
7	9.9	7:31	5:25
8	9.9	7:31	5:25
9	9.9	7:31	5:26
10	9.9	7:31	5:27
11	9.9	7:31	5:28
12	10.0	7:31	5:29
13	10.0	7:31	5:30
14	10.0	7:31	5:30
15	10.0	7:31	5:31
16	10.0	7:31	5:32
17	10.0	7:31	5:33
18	10.1	7:30	5:34
19	10.1	7:30	5:35
20	10.1	7:30	5:36
21	10.1	7:30	5:37
22	10.1	7:29	5:38
23	10.2	7:29	5:38
24	10.2	7:29	5:39
25	10.2	7:28	5:40
26	10.2	7:28	5:41
27	10.2	7:27	5:42
28	10.3	7:27	5:43
29	10.3	7:26	5:44
30	10.3	7:26	5:45
31	10.3	7:25	5:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.43 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)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kushk

In seasonPeak

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

Kushk sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kushk?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kushk.

What to pack for Kushk in January

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

In January, Kushk sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Kushk in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kushk peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	3	5	7	8	9	12	12	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kushk 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 Kushk is worst in July — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	28	35	38	37	49	49	46	34	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	38	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kushk?

Kushk sits at 33.3°N, 62.0°E, 1,115 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Shīnḏanḏ, 18 km away.

Topography around Kushk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kushk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 1,115 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,284 m.

The land around Kushk is covered by cropland (74%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

cropland 74%

16 km

463 m

bare terrain 86%

80 km

2,284 m

bare terrain 96%

croplandbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Shīnḏanḏ 18 km · Farah 104 km · Herāt 119 km · Karukh 144 km · Eslam Qaleh 173 km · Tāybād 194 km · Khāsh 212 km · Khvāf 220 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 Kushk (33.2957°, 61.9522°, elevation 1,115 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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	-1
10	11	-1
11	11	-1
12	11	-1
13	11	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	-1
10	11	-1
11	11	-1
12	11	-1
13	11	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	12	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	-1
10	11	-1
11	11	-1
12	11	-1
13	11	-1
14	10	-1
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	0
20	10	0
21	10	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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