Climate averages 1991–2020

Maricá weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 85 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Maricá: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately 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 Itaboraí (20 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Maricá, with 203 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maricá ranks joint 55th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 71st of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Maricá is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 123 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

Maricá climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Maricá, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.9°C23.9°C	23.9°C	126	12.2	13.413 h
February, selected	30.4°C24.1°C	24.1°C	85	9.8	12.913 h
March	29.0°C23.5°C	23.5°C	123	14.3	12.212 h
April	27.4°C22.0°C	22.0°C	78	12.2	11.612 h
May	25.2°C19.7°C	19.7°C	77	11.6	11.011 h
June	24.7°C18.6°C	18.6°C	42	7.4	10.811 h
July	24.4°C17.9°C	17.9°C	45	7.8	10.911 h
August	25.1°C18.2°C	18.2°C	38	7.7	11.311 h
September	26.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	61	9.8	11.912 h
October	27.1°C20.6°C	20.6°C	72	10.3	12.613 h
November	27.3°C21.5°C	21.5°C	113	13.8	13.213 h
December	29.0°C23.0°C	23.0°C	123	13.3	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

Distance from Maricá

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 Maricá) is explained once on the Maricá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.