Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Salvador: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 228th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 29th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Salvador is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 91 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February, selected | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in FebruaryBrazil · 20 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Simões Filho in FebruaryBrazil · 23 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Candeias in FebruaryBrazil · 35 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in FebruaryBrazil · 46 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in FebruaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in FebruaryBrazil · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in FebruaryBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in FebruaryBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 46 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.