Chitwan weather in February

In February, Chitwan sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 32 mm of rain across 4.6 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 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Chitwan's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chitwan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:51 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Chitwan is metropolitan city in Chitwan District, Nepal.

Density: 853/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 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical February day in Chitwan reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°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)	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12

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

How February really feels in Chitwan

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.

Chitwan 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	20° / 8°	27	4.2	10.4	7.6
Feb	23° / 10°	32	4.6	11	8.0
Mar	28° / 14°	26	5.5	11.8	7.1
Apr	31° / 17°	53	9	12.6	4.7
May	32° / 21°	167	19.5	13.4	3.5
Jun	31° / 24°	439	26.1	13.7	2.8
Jul	30° / 24°	683	30.5	13.6	2.6
Aug	30° / 24°	555	30.2	13	2.6
Sep	30° / 23°	306	25.5	12.2	3.3
Oct	28° / 19°	56	9.6	11.3	6.4
Nov	25° / 13°	12	1.4	10.6	8.8
Dec	22° / 10°	12	1.2	10.3	8.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% 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	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	79	80	80	80	81
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	19

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Chitwan gets around 32 mm of rain over 4.6 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 17% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

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 (%)	94	94	93	93	93	92	91	91	90	89	87	87	86	85	83	82	81	80	79	76	75	74	73	71	70	69	68	68
Comfortable (%)	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	85	14	1
15	83	15	2
16	82	16	2
17	81	17	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	76	21	3
21	75	22	3
22	74	23	3
23	73	24	3
24	71	26	3
25	70	27	3
26	69	28	3
27	68	29	3
28	68	30	2

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 7:00 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 6:01 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)	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:00	5:42
2	10.7	6:59	5:43
3	10.7	6:59	5:43
4	10.8	6:58	5:44
5	10.8	6:58	5:45
6	10.8	6:57	5:46
7	10.8	6:57	5:47
8	10.9	6:56	5:47
9	10.9	6:55	5:48
10	10.9	6:55	5:49
11	10.9	6:54	5:50
12	10.9	6:53	5:50
13	11.0	6:53	5:51
14	11.0	6:52	5:52
15	11.0	6:51	5:52
16	11.0	6:50	5:53
17	11.1	6:50	5:54
18	11.1	6:49	5:55
19	11.1	6:48	5:55
20	11.1	6:47	5:56
21	11.2	6:46	5:57
22	11.2	6:46	5:57
23	11.2	6:45	5:58
24	11.2	6:44	5:59
25	11.3	6:43	5:59
26	11.3	6:42	6:00
27	11.3	6:41	6:01
28	11.4	6:40	6:01

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 4.48 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	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Chitwan

In seasonPeak

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

Chitwan'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 Chitwan?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Chitwan for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Chitwan in February

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

In February, Chitwan sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Chitwan 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 Chitwan peaks around July 21 at about 11 (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	8	8	11	10	9	6	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Chitwan 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 Chitwan is worst in January — around 141 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 30 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)	141	123	106	88	61	53	30	36	44	73	104	132
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	141	Unhealthy
Feb	123	Unhealthy
Mar	106	Unhealthy
Apr	88	Unhealthy
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	73	Unhealthy
Nov	104	Unhealthy
Dec	132	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Chitwan?

Chitwan sits at 27.7°N, 84.4°E, 206 m above sea level, in Nepal. The nearest listed city is Hetauda, 65 km away.

Topography around Chitwan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chitwan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,438 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,539 m.

The land around Chitwan is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (30%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

1,438 m

trees 63%

80 km

6,539 m

trees 71%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Hetauda 65 km · Wāliṅ 75 km · Pokhara 80 km · Ki̇̄rtipur 83 km · Birgañj 86 km · Patan 86 km · Kathmandu 87 km · Tānsen 90 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 Chitwan (27.6803°, 84.4365°, elevation 206 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	21	9
2	22	9
3	22	9
4	22	9
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	23	10
13	23	10
14	23	10
15	23	10
16	23	10
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	11
23	24	11
24	25	11
25	25	11
26	25	12
27	25	12
28	25	12

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	85	14	1
15	83	15	2
16	82	16	2
17	81	17	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	76	21	3
21	75	22	3
22	74	23	3
23	73	24	3
24	71	26	3
25	70	27	3
26	69	28	3
27	68	29	3
28	68	30	2

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	85	14	1
15	83	15	2
16	82	16	2
17	81	17	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	76	21	3
21	75	22	3
22	74	23	3
23	73	24	3
24	71	26	3
25	70	27	3
26	69	28	3
27	68	29	3
28	68	30	2

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	91	9	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	87	12	1
12	87	12	1
13	86	13	1
14	85	14	1
15	83	15	2
16	82	16	2
17	81	17	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	76	21	3
21	75	22	3
22	74	23	3
23	73	24	3
24	71	26	3
25	70	27	3
26	69	28	3
27	68	29	3
28	68	30	2