Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araripina (120 km away). In February its highs average 28.7°C, 2.5°C cooler than Picos, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks joint 26th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 145th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Picos is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 141 mm to 149 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
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February, selected | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.513 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
- Araripina in FebruaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Crato in FebruaryBrazil · 228 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Crateús in FebruaryBrazil · 229 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in FebruaryBrazil · 238 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Casa Nova in FebruaryBrazil · 239 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Iguatu in FebruaryBrazil · 252 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Teresina in FebruaryBrazil · 266 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 283 mm rain
- Petrolina in FebruaryBrazil · 279 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 67 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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.