Climate averages 1991–2020
Duque de Caxias weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Duque de Caxias: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th 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 Belford Roxo (9 km away). In February its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Duque de Caxias, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Duque de Caxias ranks joint 20th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 318th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Duque de Caxias is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 216 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
Duque de Caxias climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 265 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| February, selected | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 200 | 17.9 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 74 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 86 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 213 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 237 | 21.1 | 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
- Belford Roxo in FebruaryBrazil · 9 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 170 mm rain
- Nova Iguaçu in FebruaryBrazil · 15 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 170 mm rain
- Rio de Janeiro in FebruaryBrazil · 19 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Barra da Tijuca in FebruaryBrazil · 24 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Queimados in FebruaryBrazil · 26 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 170 mm rain
- São Gonçalo in FebruaryBrazil · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Magé in FebruaryBrazil · 31 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Petrópolis in FebruaryBrazil · 34 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 233 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 Duque de Caxias) is explained once on the Duque de Caxias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.