Kandahār climate

Kandahār Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kandahār, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 19°C on December 1 to 15°C on December 31, and lows from 4°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kandahār, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CDec 5, 2015
Reanalysis low
-7°CDec 8, 1994
Daylight
10 h 14 min to 10 h 08 min
Cloud cover
34%
Humidity
39%
Dew point
-6°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 119°C4°C24°C 1994-3°C 20055%
Dec 218°C4°C24°C 2016-2°C 20055%
Dec 318°C4°C25°C 2016-2°C 19965%
Dec 418°C4°C26°C 2016-5°C 20176%
Dec 518°C4°C27°C 2015-6°C 20067%
Dec 618°C3°C26°C 2016-4°C 20067%
Dec 717°C3°C26°C 2016-4°C 20068%
Dec 817°C3°C25°C 2016-7°C 19948%
Dec 917°C3°C23°C 2016-7°C 19948%
Dec 1017°C3°C22°C 2004-5°C 19949%
Dec 1117°C3°C23°C 1998-5°C 19949%
Dec 1217°C3°C24°C 1998-4°C 200310%
Dec 1317°C3°C23°C 1998-7°C 200310%
Dec 1417°C3°C23°C 1998-6°C 202010%
Dec 1516°C2°C24°C 1991-5°C 200310%
Dec 1616°C2°C23°C 1991-4°C 20209%
Dec 1716°C2°C24°C 2004-2°C 20209%
Dec 1816°C2°C24°C 1998-2°C 20009%
Dec 1916°C2°C23°C 1998-2°C 20138%
Dec 2016°C2°C21°C 1994-4°C 20118%
Dec 2116°C2°C22°C 2001-5°C 20118%
Dec 2216°C2°C22°C 2007-4°C 20118%
Dec 2316°C2°C21°C 2012-4°C 20038%
Dec 2416°C2°C20°C 1993-3°C 20108%
Dec 2516°C1°C22°C 2008-3°C 19917%
Dec 2615°C1°C23°C 2017-3°C 20206%
Dec 2715°C1°C22°C 2017-6°C 20207%
Dec 2815°C1°C25°C 2016-7°C 20127%
Dec 2915°C1°C24°C 2016-6°C 20138%
Dec 3015°C1°C21°C 1996-7°C 20138%
Dec 3115°C1°C21°C 2016-5°C 20138%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kandahār, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+4:30).

December 1
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 5:03 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 5:14 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.