Climate averages 1991–2020
Petrolina weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Petrolina: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Casa Nova (58 km away). In February its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Petrolina, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Petrolina ranks joint 6th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 43rd of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Petrolina is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 79 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
Petrolina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 80 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 67 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 32.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 79 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 32 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 30.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 32 | 3.9 | 12.513 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.713 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
- Casa Nova in FebruaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Senhor do Bonfim in FebruaryBrazil · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Campo Formoso in FebruaryBrazil · 125 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Jacobina in FebruaryBrazil · 198 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Araripina in FebruaryBrazil · 203 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in FebruaryBrazil · 251 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Irecê in FebruaryBrazil · 259 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Crato in FebruaryBrazil · 269 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 135 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 Petrolina) is explained once on the Petrolina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.