Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In February its highs average 3.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Bagrām, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 9.3°C; Bagrām is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bagrām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 47 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 5.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 69 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 5.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Kabul in FebruaryAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -6.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Jalālābād in FebruaryAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Baghlān in FebruaryAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Gardez in FebruaryAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -6.5°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Ghazni in FebruaryAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.2°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Khōst in FebruaryAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Khanabad in FebruaryAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Kunduz in FebruaryAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bagrām) is explained once on the Bagrām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.