Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandahār weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Kandahār: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaman (105 km away). In February its highs average 13.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kandahār, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kandahār ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 9.3°C; Kandahār is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 45 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
Kandahār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 42 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 14.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 48 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 45 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 38.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 40.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 38.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 8.5 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 22 | 2.4 | 10.110 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
- Chaman in FebruaryPakistan · 105 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Quetta in FebruaryPakistan · 201 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Ghazni in FebruaryAfghanistan · 333 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.2°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Gardez in FebruaryAfghanistan · 396 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -6.5°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Zābol in FebruaryIran · 406 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Dera Murad Jamali in FebruaryPakistan · 418 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Khuzdar in FebruaryPakistan · 432 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Khōst in FebruaryAfghanistan · 439 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 56 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 Kandahār) is explained once on the Kandahār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.