Climate averages 1991–2020
Oranjestad weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd 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 Oranjestad: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (94 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, 3.3°C warmer than Oranjestad, with 2.0 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 11 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
Oranjestad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 31 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February, selected | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 26 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 110 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 14.5 | 11.411 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
- Punto Fijo in FebruaryVenezuela · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Coro in FebruaryVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Willemstad in FebruaryCuracao · 132 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Kralendijk in FebruaryBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba · 196 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in FebruaryVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Carora in FebruaryVenezuela · 262 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Maracaibo in FebruaryVenezuela · 271 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Maicao in FebruaryColombia · 272 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 5.7 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 Oranjestad) is explained once on the Oranjestad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.