Dahla Dam

Dahla Dam: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Dahla Dam

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Dahla Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.84927, 65.88857. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dahla Dam

• خِرقه · dargah · Kandahar Province · ~38 km · Must-see
• Ahmad Shah Baba Shrine · fort · Kandahar Province · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet · dargah · Kandahar Province · ~39 km · Must-see
• Chilzina and the Forty Steps of Kandahar · fort · Kandahar Province · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mundigak · fort · Kandahar Province · ~44 km · Must-see
• Arghandāb Band · lake · Kandahar Province · ~5 km
• Ayno Maina Dam · lake · Kandahar Province · ~25 km
• Kōtal-e Mūrchah · viewpoint · Kandahar Province · ~31 km
• Kandahar Provincial Museum · museum · Kandahar Province · ~38 km
• Siah Sang Kowtal-e · viewpoint · Kandahar Province · ~38 km
• Baba-Wali · fort · Kandahar Province · ~38 km
• Omar Al-Farooq Mosque · dargah · Kandahar Province · ~40 km
• د کلا او بستازو بند · lake · Kandahar Province · ~45 km
• باغ وحش · sanctuary · Kandahar Province · ~49 km
• Tagak · viewpoint · Kandahar Province · ~55 km
• Tarnak Farms · fort · Kandahar Province · ~56 km
• Kayghatū Kowtal · viewpoint · Kandahar Province · ~61 km
• Lālak · viewpoint · Kandahar Province · ~69 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Dahla Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dahla Dam

• Kajkai Dam;Kajakai Dam;Kajkai;Band-e Kajaki · lake · Helmand Province · ~112 km · Must-see
• Arghandāb Band · lake · Kandahar Province · ~5 km
• Ayno Maina Dam · lake · Kandahar Province · ~25 km
• د کلا او بستازو بند · lake · Kandahar Province · ~45 km
• La‘l Nāwêr · lake · Kandahar Province · ~87 km
• ‘Omar Nāwêr · lake · Kandahar Province · ~101 km
• Sulaīmān Nāwêr · lake · Kandahar Province · ~110 km
• Qādir Nāwêr · lake · Kandahar Province · ~128 km
• Hadōkī Nāwêr · lake · Kandahar Province · ~132 km
• Mullā Ḩasan Lōy Nāwêrān · lake · Kandahar Province · ~136 km

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