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The climate of Kandahar (Afghanistan)
Kandahar is located in the southern part of Afghanistan in the Kandahar province of which it also is the capital. The city has a bloody history and was conquered by the Arabs, Turks, Mongolians, Indians, Brits, Russians and the Taliban over the years. Nowadays it is one of the largest cities in Afghanistan. In the old city center the Ahmad Ahah Durrani mausoleum can be admired. In front of it is a small mosque containing one of the holiest relics of Islam. The city has its own airport. Before the airport was destroyed at the beginning of this century it was one of the largest airports in Asia.
Kandahar has a warm steppe climate characterized by cold and wet winters and hot and dry summers. During the summer it may get extremely hot here with temperatures around 50 degrees Celsius. During the coldest part of the winter subzero temperatures are not uncommon. The small amount of rain that falls here usually falls during the winter.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Kandahar:

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	12	0	7	5		n/a
February	15	2	7	6		n/a
March	22	7	8	7		n/a
April	28	12	9	5		n/a
May	34	16	11	3		n/a
June	39	19	12	1		n/a
July	40	22	11	2		n/a
August	38	20	11	1		n/a
September	34	13	11	1		n/a
October	28	8	10	1		n/a
November	21	3	9	2		n/a
December	15	1	7	4		n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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