Climate averages 1991–2020
Kunduz weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Kunduz: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanabad (23 km away). In February its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Kunduz, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Kunduz ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 9.3°C; Kunduz is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 76 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
Kunduz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 44 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 11.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 76 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 76 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 45 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 36.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 6.6 | 9.710 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
- Khanabad in FebruaryAfghanistan · 23 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Baghlān in FebruaryAfghanistan · 68 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Bokhtar in FebruaryTajikistan · 123 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Tirmiz in FebruaryUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Kŭlob in FebruaryTajikistan · 155 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in FebruaryAfghanistan · 156 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Balkh in FebruaryAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Denov in FebruaryUzbekistan · 191 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 74 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 Kunduz) is explained once on the Kunduz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.