Shīnḏanḏ weather in November

In November, Shīnḏanḏ sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of November to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Shīnḏanḏ's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shīnḏanḏ's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:59 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Shīnḏanḏ is place in Herat Province, Afghanistan.

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical November day in Shīnḏanḏ reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 8°C cooler than October and about 6°C warmer than December.

	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
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How November really feels in Shīnḏanḏ

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Shīnḏanḏ weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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°	49	7.1	1	10	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	56	7.9	0.7	10.8	4.0
Mar	19° / 6°	63	8.2	0	11.7	6.5
Apr	26° / 11°	28	4.3	0	12.8	7.7
May	32° / 17°	3	0.9	0	13.7	5.1
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	0	14.2	2.2
Jul	39° / 24°	0	0	0	14	0.8
Aug	38° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	1.8
Sep	34° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.2	4.6
Oct	27° / 11°	2	0.6	0	11.2	8.6
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.8	0	10.3	7.6
Dec	14° / 1°	22	4.1	0.3	9.8	4.7

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. 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
Clearer (%)	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	80	80
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	84	16
13	83	17
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Shīnḏanḏ gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.8 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12

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

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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
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

	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

Wind in November

Winds average 9 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of November to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:10 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
Daylight (h)	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:45	5:24
2	10.6	6:46	5:24
3	10.6	6:47	5:23
4	10.6	6:48	5:22
5	10.5	6:49	5:21
6	10.5	6:50	5:20
7	10.5	6:51	5:20
8	10.5	6:52	5:19
9	10.4	6:53	5:18
10	10.4	6:54	5:18
11	10.4	6:55	5:17
12	10.3	6:56	5:16
13	10.3	6:56	5:16
14	10.3	6:57	5:15
15	10.3	6:58	5:15
16	10.2	6:59	5:14
17	10.2	7:00	5:14
18	10.2	7:01	5:13
19	10.2	7:02	5:13
20	10.2	7:03	5:12
21	10.1	7:04	5:12
22	10.1	7:05	5:12
23	10.1	7:06	5:11
24	10.1	7:06	5:11
25	10.1	7:07	5:11
26	10.0	7:08	5:11
27	10.0	7:09	5:10
28	10.0	7:10	5:10
29	10.0	7:11	5:10
30	10.0	7:12	5:10

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 3.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 3.81 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.4	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Shīnḏanḏ

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Shīnḏanḏ?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Shīnḏanḏ for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Shīnḏanḏ in November

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

In November, Shīnḏanḏ sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Shīnḏanḏ in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November 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 Shīnḏanḏ 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 Shīnḏanḏ in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Shīnḏanḏ 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 Shīnḏanḏ?

Shīnḏanḏ sits at 33.3°N, 62.1°E, 1,071 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Kushk, 18 km away.

Topography around Shīnḏanḏ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shīnḏanḏ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 1,067 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,283 m.

The land around Shīnḏanḏ is covered by cropland (77%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

cropland 77%

16 km

500 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

2,283 m

bare terrain 94%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← October Shīnḏanḏ year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Kushk 18 km · Farah 103 km · Herāt 116 km · Karukh 137 km · Eslam Qaleh 181 km · Tāybād 204 km · Khāsh 206 km · Shahrak 219 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 Shīnḏanḏ (33.3029°, 62.1474°, elevation 1,071 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	23	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	22	7
5	22	7
6	22	7
7	21	7
8	21	7
9	21	6
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	20	6
14	19	5
15	19	5
16	19	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	4
25	17	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	84	16
13	83	17
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	84	16
13	83	17
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	84	16
13	83	17
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	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