Afghanistan climate
Dry continental — hot summers, cold winters. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Kabul · Herāt · Kandahār · Mazār-e Sharīf · Jalālābād · Kunduz
Browse all 34 cities in Afghanistan
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
Csa
Hot-summer Mediterranean
11 citiesDsb
Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer humid continental
5 citiesBWk
Cold desert
4 citiesCsb
Warm-summer Mediterranean
4 citiesBWh
Hot desert
3 citiesBSh
Hot semi-arid
1 cityDsa
Mediterranean-influenced hot-summer humid continental
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Afghanistan.
Climate types in Afghanistan
Afghanistan spans 8 climate types. All climate types:
Csa
Hot-summer Mediterranean · 11 citiesBSk
Cold semi-arid · 5 citiesDsb
Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer humid continental · 5 citiesBWk
Cold desert · 4 citiesCsb
Warm-summer Mediterranean · 4 citiesBWh
Hot desert · 3 citiesDsa
Mediterranean-influenced hot-summer humid continental · 1 cityBSh
Hot semi-arid · 1 city
Climate records across Afghanistan — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Lashkar Gāh (70.4 °F avg) · Coolest Bāmyān (38.3 °F avg) · Wettest Jalālābād (27 in/yr) · Driest Zaranj (3 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Afghanistan sits well between them.