Shīnḏanḏ weather in February

In February, Shīnḏanḏ sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Shīnḏanḏ's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shīnḏanḏ's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 7.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:13 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Shīnḏanḏ is place in Herat Province, 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 12°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical February day in Shīnḏanḏ reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 18°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)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	0
2	12	1
3	12	1
4	12	1
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	12	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3

How February really feels in Shīnḏanḏ

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 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.

Shīnḏanḏ weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / -0°	49	7.1	1	10	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	56	7.9	0.7	10.8	4.0
Mar	19° / 6°	63	8.2	0	11.7	6.5
Apr	26° / 11°	28	4.3	0	12.8	7.7
May	32° / 17°	3	0.9	0	13.7	5.1
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	0	14.2	2.2
Jul	39° / 24°	0	0	0	14	0.8
Aug	38° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	1.8
Sep	34° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.2	4.6
Oct	27° / 11°	2	0.6	0	11.2	8.6
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.8	0	10.3	7.6
Dec	14° / 1°	22	4.1	0.3	9.8	4.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 30%.

	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 (%)	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Shīnḏanḏ gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 28% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	29	3
5	29	3
6	29	3
7	29	3
8	29	3
9	29	3
10	28	3
11	28	3
12	28	3
13	28	3
14	27	2
15	27	2
16	27	2
17	27	2
18	27	2
19	27	2
20	27	2
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	27	1
24	27	1
25	27	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	26	1

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 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:24 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:11 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:59
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:24	5:46
2	10.4	7:23	5:47
3	10.4	7:22	5:48
4	10.5	7:22	5:49
5	10.5	7:21	5:50
6	10.5	7:20	5:51
7	10.5	7:20	5:52
8	10.6	7:19	5:53
9	10.6	7:18	5:54
10	10.6	7:17	5:55
11	10.7	7:16	5:55
12	10.7	7:16	5:56
13	10.7	7:15	5:57
14	10.7	7:14	5:58
15	10.8	7:13	5:59
16	10.8	7:12	6:00
17	10.8	7:11	6:01
18	10.9	7:10	6:02
19	10.9	7:09	6:03
20	10.9	7:08	6:04
21	11.0	7:07	6:05
22	11.0	7:06	6:05
23	11.0	7:05	6:06
24	11.1	7:04	6:07
25	11.1	7:03	6:08
26	11.1	7:01	6:09
27	11.2	7:00	6:10
28	11.2	6:59	6:11

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.37 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)	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	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
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Shīnḏanḏ

In seasonPeak

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

Shīnḏanḏ sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Shīnḏanḏ?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Shīnḏanḏ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shīnḏanḏ in February

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

In February, Shīnḏanḏ sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Shīnḏanḏ in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shīnḏanḏ peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	3	5	7	8	9	12	12	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Shīnḏanḏ 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 Shīnḏanḏ is worst in July — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	28	35	38	37	49	49	46	34	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	38	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Shīnḏanḏ?

Shīnḏanḏ sits at 33.3°N, 62.1°E, 1,071 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Kushk, 18 km away.

Topography around Shīnḏanḏ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shīnḏanḏ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 1,067 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,283 m.

The land around Shīnḏanḏ is covered by cropland (77%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

cropland 77%

16 km

500 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

2,283 m

bare terrain 94%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Kushk 18 km · Farah 103 km · Herāt 116 km · Karukh 137 km · Eslam Qaleh 181 km · Tāybād 204 km · Khāsh 206 km · Shahrak 219 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 Shīnḏanḏ (33.3029°, 62.1474°, elevation 1,071 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	11	0
2	12	1
3	12	1
4	12	1
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	12	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	29	3
5	29	3
6	29	3
7	29	3
8	29	3
9	29	3
10	28	3
11	28	3
12	28	3
13	28	3
14	27	2
15	27	2
16	27	2
17	27	2
18	27	2
19	27	2
20	27	2
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	27	1
24	27	1
25	27	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	26	1

	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	11	0
2	12	1
3	12	1
4	12	1
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	12	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	29	3
5	29	3
6	29	3
7	29	3
8	29	3
9	29	3
10	28	3
11	28	3
12	28	3
13	28	3
14	27	2
15	27	2
16	27	2
17	27	2
18	27	2
19	27	2
20	27	2
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	27	1
24	27	1
25	27	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	26	1

	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	11	0
2	12	1
3	12	1
4	12	1
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	1
8	12	1
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	12	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	14	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	15	3
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	29	3
5	29	3
6	29	3
7	29	3
8	29	3
9	29	3
10	28	3
11	28	3
12	28	3
13	28	3
14	27	2
15	27	2
16	27	2
17	27	2
18	27	2
19	27	2
20	27	2
21	27	1
22	27	1
23	27	1
24	27	1
25	27	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	26	1

	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