Ashkez̄ar weather in February

In February, Ashkez̄ar sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°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 Ashkez̄ar's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ashkez̄ar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
13 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
6:43 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
30%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Ashkez̄ar is city in Yazd Province, Iran.

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 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Ashkez̄ar reaches about 15°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 8°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How February really feels in Ashkez̄ar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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
2
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ashkez̄ar weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 204.61.410.13.7
Feb15° / 132.90.810.85.5
Mar19° / 2040.211.87.4
Apr24° / 13°143.2012.88.1
May30° / 18°51.5013.66.4
Jun35° / 22°00.1014.13.3
Jul37° / 24°00013.92.0
Aug36° / 22°00013.23.1
Sep32° / 18°00012.25.5
Oct26° / 13°30.8011.28.8
Nov18° / 112.60.210.47.2
Dec14° / 163.40.59.94.9

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 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Ashkez̄ar gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.9 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 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1114
2113
3113
4103
5103
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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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Dry (%)
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Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
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106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
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286calm

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 6:53 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:535:20
210.56:525:21
310.56:525:22
410.56:515:23
510.66:515:24
610.66:505:25
710.66:495:26
810.66:485:27
910.76:485:27
1010.76:475:28
1110.76:465:29
1210.76:455:30
1310.86:455:31
1410.86:445:32
1510.86:435:33
1610.96:425:34
1710.96:415:34
1810.96:405:35
1911.06:395:36
2011.06:385:37
2111.06:375:38
2211.06:365:39
2311.16:355:39
2411.16:345:40
2511.16:335:41
2611.26:325:42
2711.26:315:43
2811.26:305:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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64.4Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.5Bright
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Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Ashkez̄ar

In seasonPeak

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

Ashkez̄ar sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

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

Is February a good time to visit Ashkez̄ar?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Ashkez̄ar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ashkez̄ar in February

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

In February, Ashkez̄ar sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

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UV index in Ashkez̄ar 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 Ashkez̄ar peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ashkez̄ar 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 Ashkez̄ar is worst in April — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2231 µg/m³Dec 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ashkez̄ar?

Ashkez̄ar sits at 32.0°N, 54.2°E, 1,175 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Yazd, 19 km away.

BāfqAbarkūhNā’īn

Topography around Ashkez̄ar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ashkez̄ar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 1,174 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,106 m.

The land around Ashkez̄ar is covered by bare terrain (51%), cropland (23%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
234 m
80 km
3,106 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
February weather nearby: Yazd 19 km · Taft 28 km · Meybod 33 km · Ardakān 39 km · Mahrīz 51 km · Bāfq 121 km · Abarkūh 130 km · Nā’īn 142 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Ashkez̄ar (31.9968°, 54.2085°, elevation 1,175 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).