:Khandkhel
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Khandkhel
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|settlement_type = Town
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Paktia
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Said Karam
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|coordinates = {{coord|33.7166357|N|69.3660712|E|region:AF|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m =2513
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Khandkhel ({{langx|ps|خڼ خېل}}) or Khand Khil is a town in the Said Karam District of Paktia Province, Afghanistan. It is located 25 km to the northeast of Gardez, the capital of Paktia, and is 40 km to the southwest of Aryob.
Climate
Khandkhel features a humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen climate classification. It has warm summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Khandkhel is {{convert|8.0|°C|1}}, while the annual precipitation averages {{convert|730|mm|1}}. October is the driest month with {{convert|27|mm|1}} of rainfall, while April, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of {{convert|93|mm|1}}.
July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of {{convert|19.0|°C|1}}. The coldest month January has an average temperature of {{convert|-5.6|°C|1}}.
{{weather box
|location = Khandkhel
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 13.2
|Feb record high C = 18.4
|Mar record high C = 23.9
|Apr record high C = 26.3
|May record high C = 32.4
|Jun record high C = 34.8
|Jul record high C = 35.6
|Aug record high C = 33.1
|Sep record high C = 30.2
|Oct record high C = 26.2
|Nov record high C = 21.7
|Dec record high C = 18.0
|Jan high C = -1.8
|Feb high C = -1.9
|Mar high C = 5.1
|Apr high C = 13.8
|May high C = 19.5
|Jun high C = 23.2
|Jul high C = 24.9
|Aug high C = 23.8
|Sep high C = 20.8
|Oct high C = 15.7
|Nov high C = 8.6
|Dec high C = 2.9
|Jan mean C = −5.6
|Feb mean C = −5.1
|Mar mean C = 1.3
|Apr mean C = 8.5
|May mean C = 13.5
|Jun mean C = 17.1
|Jul mean C = 19.0
|Aug mean C = 18.2
|Sep mean C = 15.3
|Oct mean C = 10.5
|Nov mean C = 4.0
|Dec mean C = -1.3
| Jan low C = -9.3
| Feb low C = -8.3
| Mar low C = -2.6
| Apr low C = 3.1
| May low C = 7.5
| Jun low C = 10.9
| Jul low C = 13.1
| Aug low C = 12.5
| Sep low C = 9.7
| Oct low C = 5.2
| Nov low C = -0.6
| Dec low C = -5.5
|Jan record low C = -26.7
|Feb record low C = -29.5
|Mar record low C = -20.4
|Apr record low C = -10.8
|May record low C = -4.5
|Jun record low C = 1.2
|Jul record low C = 4.8
|Aug record low C = 3.5
|Sep record low C = -3.8
|Oct record low C = -6.2
|Nov record low C = -13.3
|Dec record low C = -24.2
|Jan precipitation mm = 48
|Feb precipitation mm = 72
|Mar precipitation mm = 79
|Apr precipitation mm = 93
|May precipitation mm = 81
|Jun precipitation mm = 66
|Jul precipitation mm = 83
|Aug precipitation mm = 79
|Sep precipitation mm = 45
|Oct precipitation mm = 27
|Nov precipitation mm = 27
|Dec precipitation mm = 30
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url =https://en.climate-data.org/asia/afghanistan/paktia/خڼخیل-khand-khil-1058614/
|title = Khandkhel. Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 4 September 2022}}
|source 2 = NASA Power{{cite web|url=https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
|title=Data Access Viewer
|accessdate=11 October 2022}} (Extremes 1990-2021)}}