Chautārā weather in February

In February, Chautārā sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10.3 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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 Chautārā's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chautārā's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:46 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Chautārā is human settlement.

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 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical February day in Chautārā reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 3°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)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

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

Chautārā 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 2°	43	7	1.4	10.4	4.8
Feb	16° / 4°	54	10.3	1.5	11	5.3
Mar	20° / 6°	53	12.4	0.1	11.8	6.2
Apr	23° / 10°	61	13.9	0	12.6	6.3
May	24° / 14°	135	21.2	0	13.4	5.4
Jun	25° / 17°	391	27.1	0	13.7	4.0
Jul	24° / 19°	748	31	0	13.6	3.4
Aug	24° / 19°	598	30.9	0	13	3.5
Sep	24° / 17°	327	28.5	0	12.2	3.9
Oct	22° / 12°	82	16.3	0	11.3	6.0
Nov	19° / 7°	25	7	0	10.6	6.8
Dec	16° / 4°	24	5	0.3	10.3	5.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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	72	72	72	71	71	72	72	72	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	71	71	72	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Chautārā gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	37	37
Snow chance (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	32	7
3	32	7
4	33	7
5	33	7
6	33	7
7	34	6
8	34	6
9	34	6
10	34	6
11	35	6
12	35	6
13	36	5
14	36	5
15	36	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	38	4
19	38	4
20	39	4
21	39	4
22	39	3
23	39	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	38	3
27	37	3
28	37	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 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	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 6:55 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:56 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)	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:55	5:37
2	10.7	6:54	5:37
3	10.7	6:54	5:38
4	10.8	6:53	5:39
5	10.8	6:53	5:40
6	10.8	6:52	5:41
7	10.8	6:52	5:41
8	10.9	6:51	5:42
9	10.9	6:50	5:43
10	10.9	6:50	5:44
11	10.9	6:49	5:44
12	10.9	6:48	5:45
13	11.0	6:48	5:46
14	11.0	6:47	5:47
15	11.0	6:46	5:47
16	11.0	6:45	5:48
17	11.1	6:45	5:49
18	11.1	6:44	5:49
19	11.1	6:43	5:50
20	11.1	6:42	5:51
21	11.2	6:41	5:51
22	11.2	6:41	5:52
23	11.2	6:40	5:53
24	11.2	6:39	5:54
25	11.3	6:38	5:54
26	11.3	6:37	5:55
27	11.3	6:36	5:55
28	11.4	6:35	5:56

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 4.6 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)	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Chautārā

In seasonPeak

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

Chautārā's monsoon runs June–August, 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 Chautārā?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Chautārā for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chautārā in February

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

In February, Chautārā sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chautārā 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 Chautārā peaks around July 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 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	5	9	9	10	10	13	12	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Chautārā 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 Chautārā is worst in January — around 144 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (July, 26 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)	144	127	99	84	63	46	26	35	48	77	111	142
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	144	Unhealthy
Feb	127	Unhealthy
Mar	99	Unhealthy
Apr	84	Unhealthy
May	63	Unhealthy
Jun	46	Poor
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	77	Unhealthy
Nov	111	Unhealthy
Dec	142	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Chautārā?

Chautārā sits at 27.8°N, 85.7°E, 1,457 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Nagarkot, 20 km away.

Topography around Chautārā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chautārā has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 884 m around an average of 1,280 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,003 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,767 m.

The land around Chautārā is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) within 80 km.

3 km

884 m

trees 77%

16 km

3,003 m

trees 76%

80 km

7,767 m

trees 59%

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

February weather nearby: Nagarkot 20 km · Dhulikhel 24 km · Banepā 25 km · Panauti 28 km · Bhaktapur 30 km · Madhyapur Thimi 34 km · Chari̇̄koṭ 35 km · Kathmandu 39 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 Chautārā (27.7763°, 85.7127°, elevation 1,457 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	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	3
6	16	3
7	16	3
8	16	3
9	16	3
10	16	3
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	17	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	4
25	17	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	32	7
3	32	7
4	33	7
5	33	7
6	33	7
7	34	6
8	34	6
9	34	6
10	34	6
11	35	6
12	35	6
13	36	5
14	36	5
15	36	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	38	4
19	38	4
20	39	4
21	39	4
22	39	3
23	39	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	38	3
27	37	3
28	37	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	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	3
6	16	3
7	16	3
8	16	3
9	16	3
10	16	3
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	17	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	4
25	17	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	32	7
3	32	7
4	33	7
5	33	7
6	33	7
7	34	6
8	34	6
9	34	6
10	34	6
11	35	6
12	35	6
13	36	5
14	36	5
15	36	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	38	4
19	38	4
20	39	4
21	39	4
22	39	3
23	39	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	38	3
27	37	3
28	37	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	15	3
2	15	3
3	15	3
4	15	3
5	16	3
6	16	3
7	16	3
8	16	3
9	16	3
10	16	3
11	16	4
12	16	4
13	16	4
14	16	4
15	16	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	17	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	4
23	17	4
24	17	4
25	17	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	32	7
3	32	7
4	33	7
5	33	7
6	33	7
7	34	6
8	34	6
9	34	6
10	34	6
11	35	6
12	35	6
13	36	5
14	36	5
15	36	5
16	37	5
17	37	4
18	38	4
19	38	4
20	39	4
21	39	4
22	39	3
23	39	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	38	3
27	37	3
28	37	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