Kunduz weather in February

In February, Kunduz sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kunduz's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kunduz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:51 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
62%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
3.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Kunduz is city in northern Afghanistan.

Founded
~328 BCE

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kunduz reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 6°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Kunduz

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 17 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
17
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kunduz 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°448.12.89.81.8
Feb11° / 599310.62.9
Mar18° / 7610.60.811.75.5
Apr24° / 12°7610.20.112.96.8
May30° / 17°456.2013.95.4
Jun36° / 21°41.3014.52.4
Jul39° / 23°10.1014.31.0
Aug37° / 22°00.1013.42.2
Sep32° / 17°30.6012.25.5
Oct25° / 11°122.1011.18.6
Nov16° / 426.50.7105.6
Dec10° / 376.61.79.52.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
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34258
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Kunduz gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 9 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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.

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Wind in February

Winds average 5 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.17:045:12
210.27:035:14
310.27:025:15
410.27:015:16
510.37:015:17
610.37:005:18
710.36:595:19
810.46:585:20
910.46:575:21
1010.46:565:22
1110.56:555:23
1210.56:545:24
1310.56:535:25
1410.66:525:26
1510.66:515:27
1610.66:505:28
1710.76:495:29
1810.76:485:30
1910.76:475:31
2010.86:455:32
2110.86:445:33
2210.96:435:34
2310.96:425:35
2410.96:415:36
2511.06:395:37
2611.06:385:38
2711.06:375:39
2811.16:365:40

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.0Moderate
23.1Moderate
33.1Moderate
43.1Moderate
53.1Moderate
63.2Moderate
73.2Moderate
83.2Moderate
93.3Moderate
103.3Moderate
113.3Moderate
123.4Moderate
133.4Moderate
143.4Moderate
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Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kunduz

In seasonPeak

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

Kunduz sees seasonal dust haze (May–July), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kunduz?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kunduz.

What to pack for Kunduz in February

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

In February, Kunduz sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Kunduz in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kunduz peaks around May 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateMay 23UV 9Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Kunduz 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 Kunduz is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (January, 22 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 2337 µg/m³Jan 1522 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr37Poor
May37Poor
Jun31Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kunduz?

Kunduz sits at 36.7°N, 68.9°E, 402 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Khanabad, 23 km away.

NahrīnPul-e KhumrīAībak

Topography around Kunduz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kunduz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 395 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,941 m.

The land around Kunduz is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and cropland (39%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%), cropland (25%) and bare terrain (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
263 m
80 km
3,941 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
February weather nearby: Khanabad 23 km · Qarāwul 55 km · Taloqan 60 km · Baghlān 68 km · Ārt Khwājah 68 km · Nahrīn 78 km · Pul-e Khumrī 88 km · Aībak 91 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
Muslim 100%

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 Kunduz (36.7289°, 68.857°, elevation 402 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).