Butwāl weather in February

In February, Butwāl sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 23 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Butwāl's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butwāl's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:55 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Butwāl is city in Rupandehi District, Nepal.

Density: 1,920/km²; people per km²

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical February day in Butwāl reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 5°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)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How February really feels in Butwāl

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.

Butwāl weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 8°	21	3.1	10.4	7.4
Feb	22° / 10°	23	4.2	11	7.9
Mar	27° / 14°	20	4.6	11.8	7.4
Apr	32° / 18°	41	8.5	12.6	4.6
May	32° / 21°	127	18.3	13.4	3.5
Jun	31° / 23°	375	25.3	13.7	3.0
Jul	29° / 24°	574	30.7	13.6	2.7
Aug	29° / 24°	516	29.9	13	2.8
Sep	29° / 23°	280	26.4	12.2	3.5
Oct	27° / 18°	58	11.4	11.3	6.6
Nov	24° / 13°	9	1.4	10.6	8.8
Dec	20° / 9°	10	1.1	10.3	8.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	81	82
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	19	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Butwāl gets around 23 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15

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

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 83% 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 (%)	95	94	94	93	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	83	82	81	80	79	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	88	12	0
11	87	13	0
12	86	14	0
13	84	15	1
14	83	16	1
15	82	17	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	79	20	1
19	77	21	2
20	77	21	2
21	76	22	2
22	76	22	2
23	75	23	2
24	75	23	2
25	75	23	2
26	75	23	2
27	74	24	2
28	74	24	2

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 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 7:04 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:05 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:04	5:46
2	10.7	7:03	5:47
3	10.7	7:03	5:47
4	10.8	7:02	5:48
5	10.8	7:02	5:49
6	10.8	7:01	5:50
7	10.8	7:01	5:50
8	10.9	7:00	5:51
9	10.9	6:59	5:52
10	10.9	6:59	5:53
11	10.9	6:58	5:53
12	10.9	6:57	5:54
13	11.0	6:57	5:55
14	11.0	6:56	5:56
15	11.0	6:55	5:56
16	11.0	6:54	5:57
17	11.1	6:54	5:58
18	11.1	6:53	5:59
19	11.1	6:52	5:59
20	11.1	6:51	6:00
21	11.2	6:50	6:01
22	11.2	6:49	6:01
23	11.2	6:49	6:02
24	11.2	6:48	6:03
25	11.3	6:47	6:03
26	11.3	6:46	6:04
27	11.3	6:45	6:05
28	11.4	6:44	6:05

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 4.53 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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	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	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Butwāl

In seasonPeak

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

Butwāl's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Butwāl?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Butwāl in February

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

In February, Butwāl sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Butwāl 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 Butwāl peaks around July 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 4 (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)	4	4	8	8	9	8	11	10	9	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Butwāl 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 Butwāl is worst in January — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 37 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)	166	138	104	90	69	63	37	44	54	95	140	158
Level	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	166	Very unhealthy
Feb	138	Unhealthy
Mar	104	Unhealthy
Apr	90	Unhealthy
May	69	Unhealthy
Jun	63	Unhealthy
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	95	Unhealthy
Nov	140	Unhealthy
Dec	158	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Butwāl?

Butwāl sits at 27.7°N, 83.5°E, 141 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Siddharthanagar, 21 km away.

Topography around Butwāl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butwāl has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m around an average of 224 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,787 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,420 m.

The land around Butwāl is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

622 m

trees 49%

16 km

1,787 m

trees 60%

80 km

3,420 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Siddharthanagar 21 km · Tānsen 22 km · Lumbini 33 km · Wāliṅ 44 km · Bāgluṅ 66 km · Pokhara 82 km · Chitwan 97 km · Tulsi̇̄pur 124 km

Nepal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / D / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 24% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,536; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 16%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 514
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 Butwāl (27.6912°, 83.4525°, elevation 141 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	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	23	10
19	23	10
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	24	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	88	12	0
11	87	13	0
12	86	14	0
13	84	15	1
14	83	16	1
15	82	17	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	79	20	1
19	77	21	2
20	77	21	2
21	76	22	2
22	76	22	2
23	75	23	2
24	75	23	2
25	75	23	2
26	75	23	2
27	74	24	2
28	74	24	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	88	12	0
11	87	13	0
12	86	14	0
13	84	15	1
14	83	16	1
15	82	17	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	79	20	1
19	77	21	2
20	77	21	2
21	76	22	2
22	76	22	2
23	75	23	2
24	75	23	2
25	75	23	2
26	75	23	2
27	74	24	2
28	74	24	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	88	12	0
11	87	13	0
12	86	14	0
13	84	15	1
14	83	16	1
15	82	17	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	79	20	1
19	77	21	2
20	77	21	2
21	76	22	2
22	76	22	2
23	75	23	2
24	75	23	2
25	75	23	2
26	75	23	2
27	74	24	2
28	74	24	2