Kabul
Afghanistan
Kabul has warmed by about +1.7 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.38 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.57 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.379 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.298 to +0.468
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 35.00°N, 69.00°E (55 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
+4 mm
every 10 years (+5.8% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs
Whole year: no clear change.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +3.6 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −5.6 to +14.7
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.49
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 33.75°N, 68.75°E (95 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Kabul
Floods
25
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 1 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: August 2025.
Landslides
2
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 114 people died.
Deadliest: 114 people died, March 2007.
Fires
few
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).