Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaela weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Rafaela: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Fe (86 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Rafaela, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Rafaela ranks 20th of 67 for the warmest February highs and 60th of 67 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 67 cities is 27.7°C; Rafaela is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 139 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
Rafaela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 119 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| February, selected | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 126 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 139 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 109 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 65 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 40 | 4.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 30 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 130 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 8.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 129 | 9.4 | 14.114 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
- Santa Fe in FebruaryArgentina · 86 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Paraná in FebruaryArgentina · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Rosario in FebruaryArgentina · 205 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Villa María in FebruaryArgentina · 209 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Gobernador Gálvez in FebruaryArgentina · 213 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Córdoba in FebruaryArgentina · 257 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 122 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in FebruaryArgentina · 261 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Venado Tuerto in FebruaryArgentina · 281 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 113 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 Rafaela) is explained once on the Rafaela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.