Climate averages 1991–2020
Maymana weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Maymana: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Balkh (211 km away). In February its highs average 11.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Maymana, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Maymana ranks 10th 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; Maymana is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 81 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
Maymana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 47 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 8.8°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 60 | 9.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 29 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 6.0 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 6.6 | 9.810 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
- Balkh in FebruaryAfghanistan · 211 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in FebruaryAfghanistan · 226 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tirmiz in FebruaryUzbekistan · 266 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Herāt in FebruaryAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Bayramaly in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 300 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Mary in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 322 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Qarshi in FebruaryUzbekistan · 339 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Baghlān in FebruaryAfghanistan · 354 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.3°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 Maymana) is explained once on the Maymana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.