Climate in Kandahar (Afghanistan)

Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, and is located in the south-east of the country, near the desert, at 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) above sea level.
Winter is mild enough, even though it's cold at night, with possible frosts, and sometimes it can even snow. Summer is scorchingly hot, and as usual in Afghanistan, it's sunny.
Rainfall in Kandahar is very poor, since it doesn't reach 200 mm (8 in) per year. In practice, the only relatively rainy period is from January to March.
In Kandahar, the sun frequently shines throughout the year, but especially in the long hot and dry period from May to October.

Kandahar - Climate data

In Kandahar, the average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 7.5 °C (45.5 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 33 °C (91.3 °F). Here are the average temperatures.
Precipitation amounts to 185 millimeters (7.3 inches) per year: it is therefore at a desert level. It ranges from 0 mm (0 in) in the driest months (June, September) to 50 mm (2 in) in the wettest one (January). Here is the average precipitation.
There are on average around 3380 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average hours of sunshine per day.