Climate averages 1991–2020
Rio Grande weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Rio Grande: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°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 driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pelotas (37 km away). In February its highs average 26.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Rio Grande, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Rio Grande ranks joint 436th 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; Rio Grande is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 92 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
Rio Grande climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 87 | 8.6 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 24.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 85 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 112 | 10.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 104 | 9.8 | 10.511 h |
| June | 16.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 110 | 9.7 | 10.110 h |
| July | 15.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 112 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 108 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| September | 16.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 125 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 18.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 129 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 87 | 7.7 | 13.714 h |
| December | 23.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 86 | 8.0 | 14.214 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
- Pelotas in FebruaryBrazil · 37 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Bagé in FebruaryBrazil · 206 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Guaíba in FebruaryBrazil · 226 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in FebruaryBrazil · 235 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in FebruaryBrazil · 238 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Viamão in FebruaryBrazil · 240 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Alvorada in FebruaryBrazil · 246 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Canoas in FebruaryBrazil · 251 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 128 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 Rio Grande) is explained once on the Rio Grande year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.