Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Maria weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Maria: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cachoeira do Sul (96 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Santa Maria, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Maria ranks joint 243rd of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 158th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Maria is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 124 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 Maria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 159 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| February, selected | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 124 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 144 | 10.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 137 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| July | 17.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 149 | 10.2 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 122 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 157 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 208 | 12.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 158 | 11.8 | 14.014 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
- Cachoeira do Sul in FebruaryBrazil · 96 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Sul in FebruaryBrazil · 133 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Ijuí in FebruaryBrazil · 145 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Santo Ângelo in FebruaryBrazil · 160 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Lajeado in FebruaryBrazil · 180 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Bagé in FebruaryBrazil · 185 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Alegrete in FebruaryBrazil · 192 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Passo Fundo in FebruaryBrazil · 209 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 168 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 Maria) is explained once on the Santa Maria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.