Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Herāt: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In February its highs average 6.5°C, 5.4°C cooler than Herāt, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 9.3°C; Herāt is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 68 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
Herāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 11.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in FebruaryIran · 286 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in FebruaryIran · 291 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Maymana in FebruaryAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Mashhad in FebruaryIran · 320 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bīrjand in FebruaryIran · 321 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kāshmar in FebruaryIran · 355 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Mary in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Bayramaly in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 30 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 Herāt) is explained once on the Herāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.