Kandahār weather in February

In February, Kandahār sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 5.7 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kandahār's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kandahār's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 48 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:56 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Kandahār is city in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Density: 654/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kandahār reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 6°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	15	2
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

How February really feels in Kandahār

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kandahār weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 1°	42	5.5	10.2	4.5
Feb	16° / 3°	48	5.7	10.8	5.7
Mar	22° / 8°	45	5.7	11.8	7.6
Apr	29° / 14°	13	2.7	12.8	6.8
May	35° / 19°	2	0.3	13.6	3.1
Jun	39° / 23°	2	0.1	14	0.5
Jul	41° / 26°	2	0.3	13.9	0.0
Aug	39° / 24°	0	0.1	13.2	0.6
Sep	35° / 18°	0	0	12.2	3.7
Oct	28° / 12°	1	0.2	11.2	8.0
Nov	21° / 6°	9	1.4	10.4	8.6
Dec	16° / 2°	22	2.4	10	6.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	73	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	27	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kandahār gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 5.7 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43
Sunset (PM)	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:06	5:35
2	10.5	7:06	5:36
3	10.5	7:05	5:37
4	10.6	7:05	5:38
5	10.6	7:04	5:39
6	10.6	7:03	5:39
7	10.6	7:03	5:40
8	10.7	7:02	5:41
9	10.7	7:01	5:42
10	10.7	7:00	5:43
11	10.7	7:00	5:44
12	10.8	6:59	5:45
13	10.8	6:58	5:46
14	10.8	6:57	5:46
15	10.8	6:56	5:47
16	10.9	6:55	5:48
17	10.9	6:54	5:49
18	10.9	6:54	5:50
19	11.0	6:53	5:51
20	11.0	6:52	5:51
21	11.0	6:51	5:52
22	11.1	6:50	5:53
23	11.1	6:49	5:54
24	11.1	6:48	5:55
25	11.1	6:47	5:55
26	11.2	6:45	5:56
27	11.2	6:44	5:57
28	11.2	6:43	5:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kandahār

In seasonPeak

None of Kandahār's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kandahār sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kandahār?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kandahār for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kandahār in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Kandahār sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Kandahār in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kandahār peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	7	8	9	12	11	11	10	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kandahār in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kandahār is worst in July — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	20	22	25	26	20	34	30	26	22	14	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kandahār?

Kandahār sits at 31.6°N, 65.7°E, 1,007 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Gereshk, 110 km away.

Topography around Kandahār

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kandahār.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kandahār has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 1,010 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 809 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,877 m.

The land around Kandahār is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and bare terrain (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (46%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

56 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

809 m

bare terrain 46%

80 km

1,877 m

bare terrain 89%

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← January Kandahār year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Gereshk 110 km · Lashkar Gāh 127 km · Quetta 201 km · Khān Neshīn 218 km · Nīlī 238 km · Khāsh 277 km · Shahrak 307 km · Ghazni 333 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 17% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $417; 2024
Happiness: 1.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 15.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kandahār (31.6133°, 65.7101°, elevation 1,007 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	15	2
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	15	2
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	15	2
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	73	27
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	20
12	20
13	20
14	20
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	20
19	20
20	21
21	21
22	21
23	21
24	21
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100