Khāsh weather in February

In February, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 3.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Khāsh's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 17 mm; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:08 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Khāsh is village in Khash Rod District, Afghanistan.

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 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical February day in Khāsh reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 4°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)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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

How February really feels in Khāsh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Khāsh weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	20	3.7	10.2	6.1
Feb	19° / 6°	17	3.6	10.8	7.6
Mar	25° / 11°	20	3.5	11.8	8.1
Apr	33° / 17°	5	1.2	12.7	4.8
May	38° / 23°	1	0.3	13.6	1.1
Jun	43° / 26°	1	0.1	14	0.0
Jul	44° / 28°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	38° / 20°	0	0	12.2	1.7
Oct	31° / 14°	0	0.2	11.2	6.3
Nov	23° / 8°	3	0.7	10.4	8.9
Dec	18° / 3°	7	1.8	10	7.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	79	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Khāsh gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 3.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

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 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 7:18 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:10 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	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:18	5:47
2	10.5	7:17	5:48
3	10.5	7:17	5:49
4	10.6	7:16	5:49
5	10.6	7:15	5:50
6	10.6	7:15	5:51
7	10.6	7:14	5:52
8	10.7	7:13	5:53
9	10.7	7:13	5:54
10	10.7	7:12	5:55
11	10.7	7:11	5:56
12	10.8	7:10	5:56
13	10.8	7:10	5:57
14	10.8	7:09	5:58
15	10.9	7:08	5:59
16	10.9	7:07	6:00
17	10.9	7:06	6:01
18	10.9	7:05	6:02
19	11.0	7:04	6:02
20	11.0	7:03	6:03
21	11.0	7:02	6:04
22	11.1	7:01	6:05
23	11.1	7:00	6:06
24	11.1	6:59	6:06
25	11.2	6:58	6:07
26	11.2	6:57	6:08
27	11.2	6:56	6:09
28	11.2	6:55	6:10

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.76 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)	4.2	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	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Khāsh

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Khāsh?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Khāsh for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Khāsh in February

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

In February, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Khāsh 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 Khāsh peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months 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	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	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	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh 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 Khāsh is worst in August — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 38 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)	42	56	55	55	62	67	84	87	73	55	38	40
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	56	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	55	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	67	Unhealthy
Jul	84	Unhealthy
Aug	87	Unhealthy
Sep	73	Unhealthy
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 31.5°N, 62.8°E, 579 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 109 km away.

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 578 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (58%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

bare terrain 58%

16 km

417 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

1,001 m

bare terrain 97%

croplandbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Zaranj 109 km · Farah 113 km · Zābol 135 km · Khān Neshīn 145 km · Lashkar Gāh 150 km · Gereshk 171 km · Shīnḏanḏ 206 km · Kushk 212 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 Khāsh (31.5292°, 62.7906°, elevation 579 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	17	4
2	17	4
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	5
6	18	5
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	18	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	20	6
17	20	6
18	20	6
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	7
25	21	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21

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

	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