Asia
Afghanistan
Capital Kabul · 37M people · Afghani
- Top cities
- 6.3MKabul
- 1.5MHerāt
- 738KMazār-e Sharīf
- 873KKandahār
- 618KJalālābād
Photo by Farid Ershad on Unsplash
- ClimateVariable-18–37°
Top cities
- Kabul6.3M residents
- Herāt1.5M residents
- Mazār-e Sharīf738K residents
- Kandahār873K residents
- Jalālābād618K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Afghanistan
Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport is Afghanistan's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's passport ranks #98 worldwide — 22 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #9822 destinations
- GDP reach
- #2000.8% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #16147 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Afghanistan
Big seasonal swings — hot summers, hard winters.
Where most people in Afghanistan live, it's typically -18° to 37° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~346 days a year in Zaranj.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Afghanistan
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Afghanistan.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Sunshine Lover leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Decent fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →