🇦🇫 Afganistán
Kandahār
Kandahar is a city in southern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Kandahar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Kandahar District and has an estimated population of 732,629 settled residents. Mullah Hekmatullah is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Haji Nimatullah Hassan.
- Country
- 🇦🇫 Afganistán
- Elevation
- 1,012 m
- Population
- 523,300
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
- Coordinates
- 31.61, 65.71
Weather in Kandahār month by month
The best months to go: Mar · Oct · Nov
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 11° | 17° | 23° | 30° | 35° | 40° | 41° | 38° | 35° | 27° | 19° | 15° |
| low | 0° | 3° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 5° | 1° |
| rain | 65 mm | 36 mm | 62 mm | 13 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 8 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 19 mm | 17 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Kandahār is from other cities in Afganistán
- Herāt447 km✈ 1 h 18 min · 🚗 7 h 27 min
- Kabul457 km✈ 1 h 18 min · 🚗 7 h 37 min
- Jalālābād541 km✈ 1 h 25 min · 🚗 9 h 1 min
- Mazār-e Sharīf581 km✈ 1 h 28 min · 🚗 9 h 41 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.