Taft weather in February

In February, Taft sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 4 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 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 Taft's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taft's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 18 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:42 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Taft is city in Yazd Province, Iran.

Founded: 1500

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 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Taft reaches about 14°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 8°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in Taft

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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.

Taft 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / -0°	28	5.5	1.9	10.2	3.3
Feb	14° / 2°	18	4	1.1	10.8	4.9
Mar	18° / 7°	30	4.9	0.3	11.8	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	20	4.1	0	12.8	7.9
May	29° / 17°	9	2.3	0	13.6	6.8
Jun	34° / 22°	1	0.2	0	14	4.0
Jul	36° / 24°	0	0.1	0	13.9	2.9
Aug	34° / 21°	0	0.1	0	13.2	4.0
Sep	31° / 17°	0	0	0	12.2	6.1
Oct	25° / 12°	4	1	0	11.2	9.0
Nov	18° / 6°	17	3.4	0.2	10.4	6.9
Dec	13° / 2°	23	4.1	0.7	10	4.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% 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 (%)	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Taft gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 4 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 14% and peaks near 15% 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 (%)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Snow chance (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

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 7 km/h in February.

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

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 6:29 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:44 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	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29
Sunset (PM)	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:53	5:21
2	10.5	6:52	5:22
3	10.5	6:51	5:23
4	10.5	6:51	5:23
5	10.6	6:50	5:24
6	10.6	6:50	5:25
7	10.6	6:49	5:26
8	10.6	6:48	5:27
9	10.7	6:47	5:28
10	10.7	6:47	5:29
11	10.7	6:46	5:30
12	10.8	6:45	5:31
13	10.8	6:44	5:31
14	10.8	6:43	5:32
15	10.8	6:42	5:33
16	10.9	6:42	5:34
17	10.9	6:41	5:35
18	10.9	6:40	5:36
19	11.0	6:39	5:36
20	11.0	6:38	5:37
21	11.0	6:37	5:38
22	11.1	6:36	5:39
23	11.1	6:35	5:40
24	11.1	6:34	5:41
25	11.1	6:33	5:41
26	11.2	6:32	5:42
27	11.2	6:31	5:43
28	11.2	6:29	5:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.8 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	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Taft?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Taft for sightseeing.

What to pack for Taft in February

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

In February, Taft sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Taft 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 Taft peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	7	8	10	10	11	9	9	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Taft 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 Taft is worst in April — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 14 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)	17	21	23	32	30	21	27	19	22	19	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Taft?

Taft sits at 31.7°N, 54.2°E, 1,549 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Yazd, 23 km away.

Topography around Taft

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taft has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 553 m around an average of 1,610 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,220 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,030 m.

The land around Taft is covered by bare terrain (70%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

553 m

bare terrain 70%

16 km

2,220 m

bare terrain 95%

80 km

3,030 m

bare terrain 97%

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

February weather nearby: Yazd 23 km · Ashkez̄ar 28 km · Mahrīz 29 km · Meybod 59 km · Ardakān 65 km · Abarkūh 111 km · Bāfq 115 km · Anār 140 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

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 Taft (31.7438°, 54.2028°, elevation 1,549 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	12	1
2	12	1
3	12	1
4	13	1
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	13	1
9	13	1
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	14	2
14	14	2
15	14	2
16	14	2
17	14	2
18	14	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	15	3
25	15	4
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22

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

	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