Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo Frio weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th 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 Cabo Frio: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Pedro da Aldeia (9 km away). In February its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Cabo Frio, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cabo Frio ranks joint 322nd of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 18th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Cabo Frio is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 104 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
Cabo Frio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| February, selected | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 104 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 34 | 6.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 28 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 54 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 96 | 9.8 | 13.514 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
- São Pedro da Aldeia in FebruaryBrazil · 9 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Araruama in FebruaryBrazil · 32 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in FebruaryBrazil · 41 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Saquarema in FebruaryBrazil · 45 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Macaé in FebruaryBrazil · 61 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Maricá in FebruaryBrazil · 81 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in FebruaryBrazil · 85 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 234 mm rain
- Itaboraí in FebruaryBrazil · 87 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 203 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 Cabo Frio) is explained once on the Cabo Frio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.