Climate averages 1991–2020
Gardez weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Gardez: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In February its highs average 12.5°C, 11.7°C warmer than Gardez, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 14 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 9.3°C; Gardez is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 7.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 63 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gardez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 0.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 41 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 54 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 47 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 10 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 5.3°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.010 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Khōst in FebruaryAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Ghazni in FebruaryAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.2°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Kabul in FebruaryAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -6.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Bannu in FebruaryPakistan · 145 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Jalālābād in FebruaryAfghanistan · 146 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bagrām in FebruaryAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kohat in FebruaryPakistan · 206 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Peshawar in FebruaryPakistan · 222 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 67 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 Gardez) is explained once on the Gardez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.