Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caruaru (44 km away). In February its highs average 29.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 26th of 448 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 48 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February, selected | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 12.613 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
- Caruaru in FebruaryBrazil · 44 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in FebruaryBrazil · 48 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Gravatá in FebruaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Campina Grande in FebruaryBrazil · 88 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in FebruaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Carpina in FebruaryBrazil · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Arcoverde in FebruaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Garanhuns in FebruaryBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 49 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.