Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabul weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Kabul: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -6.8°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 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagrām (50 km away). In February its highs average 5.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kabul, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kabul ranks 12th 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; Kabul is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 10.5°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
Kabul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 42 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 3.7°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.5°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 68 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 11.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.0 | 1.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 14 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 24 | 4.1 | 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
- Bagrām in FebruaryAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Gardez in FebruaryAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -6.5°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Jalālābād in FebruaryAfghanistan · 118 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Ghazni in FebruaryAfghanistan · 129 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.2°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Khōst in FebruaryAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Baghlān in FebruaryAfghanistan · 183 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Bannu in FebruaryPakistan · 217 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Shabqadar in FebruaryPakistan · 221 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 70 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 Kabul) is explained once on the Kabul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.