Zaranj weather in February

In February, Zaranj sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 11 mm of precipitation across 2.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Zaranj's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaranj's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 11 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:11 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Zaranj is city in 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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical February day in Zaranj reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 14°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	4	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	8	8

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

How February really feels in Zaranj

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.

Zaranj 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°	16	3.5	10.2	6.2
Feb	20° / 6°	11	2.6	10.9	7.8
Mar	26° / 12°	16	3	11.8	8.0
Apr	33° / 18°	4	1	12.7	4.5
May	39° / 24°	1	0.2	13.5	1.1
Jun	42° / 28°	0	0	14	0.0
Jul	44° / 30°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	42° / 28°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Sep	38° / 22°	0	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	31° / 15°	0	0.1	11.2	6.2
Nov	23° / 9°	3	0.7	10.4	8.9
Dec	17° / 4°	7	1.5	10	7.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 21%.

	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 (%)	83	82	82	81	80	80	80	80	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80
Cloudier (%)	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Zaranj gets around 11 mm of rain and snow over 2.6 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 10% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

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	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 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 7:21 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:14 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	10.6	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	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
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:21	5:52
2	10.5	7:20	5:52
3	10.6	7:19	5:53
4	10.6	7:19	5:54
5	10.6	7:18	5:55
6	10.6	7:18	5:56
7	10.7	7:17	5:57
8	10.7	7:16	5:58
9	10.7	7:16	5:58
10	10.7	7:15	5:59
11	10.8	7:14	6:00
12	10.8	7:13	6:01
13	10.8	7:12	6:02
14	10.9	7:12	6:03
15	10.9	7:11	6:04
16	10.9	7:10	6:04
17	10.9	7:09	6:05
18	11.0	7:08	6:06
19	11.0	7:07	6:07
20	11.0	7:06	6:08
21	11.1	7:05	6:08
22	11.1	7:04	6:09
23	11.1	7:03	6:10
24	11.1	7:02	6:11
25	11.2	7:01	6:12
26	11.2	7:00	6:12
27	11.2	6:59	6:13
28	11.3	6:58	6:14

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.57 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.85 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)	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Zaranj

In seasonPeak

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

Zaranj sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Zaranj?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zaranj in February

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

In February, Zaranj sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Zaranj 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 Zaranj peaks around June 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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	8	8	9	10	9	10	8	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Zaranj 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 Zaranj is worst in August — around 126 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 33 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)	34	38	40	52	61	83	120	126	93	58	35	33
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	34	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	52	Poor
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	83	Unhealthy
Jul	120	Unhealthy
Aug	126	Unhealthy
Sep	93	Unhealthy
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	35	Poor
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Zaranj?

Zaranj sits at 31.0°N, 61.9°E, 489 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Zābol, 36 km away.

Topography around Zaranj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaranj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 487 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m.

The land around Zaranj is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), bare terrain (33%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (65%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

10 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

25 m

bare terrain 65%

80 km

313 m

bare terrain 89%

shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

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

February weather nearby: Zābol 36 km · Khāsh 109 km · Farah 159 km · Nehbandān 185 km · Zahedan 189 km · Khān Neshīn 190 km · Lashkar Gāh 249 km · Kushk 260 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 Zaranj (30.9596°, 61.8604°, elevation 489 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	18	4
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	5
6	18	5
7	19	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	20	6
15	20	6
16	20	6
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	21	7
20	21	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	8
24	22	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	79	21
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1