Climate averages 1991–2020
Mendoza weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mendoza: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Martín (41 km away). In February its highs average 29.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Mendoza, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Mendoza ranks joint 52nd of 67 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 67 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 67 cities is 27.7°C; Mendoza is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 59 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
Mendoza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 26.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 48 | 7.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 59 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 40 | 6.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 15.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 30 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| June | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.010 h |
| July | 12.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 19 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 15.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 44 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| December | 27.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 48 | 6.8 | 14.314 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
- San Martín in FebruaryArgentina · 41 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Rawson in FebruaryArgentina · 148 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in FebruaryArgentina · 153 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Peñalolén in FebruaryChile · 170 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Colina in FebruaryChile · 174 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Santiago in FebruaryChile · 179 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Puente Alto in FebruaryChile · 180 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Quilicura in FebruaryChile · 182 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 8.9 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 Mendoza) is explained once on the Mendoza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.