Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In February its highs average 31.2°C, 2.5°C warmer than Araripina, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 206th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 210th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Araripina is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 191 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February, selected | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in FebruaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 141 mm rain
- Crato in FebruaryBrazil · 126 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in FebruaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Casa Nova in FebruaryBrazil · 185 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Iguatu in FebruaryBrazil · 189 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Petrolina in FebruaryBrazil · 203 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in FebruaryBrazil · 247 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Crateús in FebruaryBrazil · 267 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 90 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.