Climate averages 1991–2020

Darwin weather
in February.

A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 25.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 379 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 379 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In February its highs average 29.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Darwin, with 211 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks joint 3rd of 32 for the warmest February highs and 32nd of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Darwin is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 379 mm to 300 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Darwin climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Darwin, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.4°C25.6°C	25.6°C	438	27.7	12.813 h
February, selected	30.2°C25.4°C	25.4°C	379	25.8	12.513 h
March	30.9°C25.0°C	25.0°C	300	24.2	12.212 h
April	31.8°C24.3°C	24.3°C	100	10.0	11.812 h
May	31.5°C22.7°C	22.7°C	14	2.4	11.512 h
June	30.4°C20.5°C	20.5°C	1.8	0.3	11.411 h
July	30.4°C19.7°C	19.7°C	0.9	0.2	11.511 h
August	31.3°C20.1°C	20.1°C	1.7	0.5	11.712 h
September	33.1°C22.9°C	22.9°C	16	3.7	12.012 h
October	33.8°C24.8°C	24.8°C	76	11.1	12.412 h
November	33.1°C25.8°C	25.8°C	180	20.7	12.713 h
December	31.6°C25.9°C	25.9°C	323	24.9	12.813 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

Distance from Darwin

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.