Kabul weather by month
The best time to visit Kabul is May, September and October — 94/100 in September, 28°C and 1 rainy day. The best season is autumn, September to November (85/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 45/100 — freezing, a little rain, poor air quality. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Best season: September to November (85/100 on average) · worst January (45/100)
- Days
- 28°C
- Nights
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 11.3 h
- Humidity
- 33%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Kabul, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Kabul is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Kabul through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Kabul in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Kabul
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Trip reports specific to Kabul are extremely limited on the forum given the country's current travel advisories, but posters discussing Afghanistan broadly describe the December-through-March stretch as cold, with snow common through much of that window - one prospective visitor specifically asked about avoiding the coldest months given heat sensitivity, implying winter conditions here run genuinely harsh. Given the sparse destination-specific detail available, this note is grounded in the well-established regional pattern for Kabul's high-elevation, semi-arid continental climate: March sits at the tail end of that cold, snowy season, with temperatures beginning to moderate but still capable of freezing overnight and bringing late-season snowfall.
Forum coverage of Kabul specifically is dominated by safety and logistics discussion rather than granular weather detail, reflecting how few conventional trip reports exist for this destination. Posters do note that Kabul turns cold and often snowy from December through March, with one traveler specifically asking about November as an escape from summer heat - implying the warmer months, September included, run considerably milder than winter but still avoid the most intense summer temperatures. Given Kabul's high-elevation, semi-arid position, September should sit in a comparatively comfortable transitional stretch between summer heat and winter cold and snow, though the sparse detailed trip reports available make this general seasonal pattern the most reliable guide rather than specific firsthand accounts.
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