Climate averages 1991–2020
São Cristóvão weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in São Cristóvão: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aracaju (19 km away). In February its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as São Cristóvão, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Cristóvão ranks joint 165th of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 33rd of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; São Cristóvão is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 71 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
São Cristóvão climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 56 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 64 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 112 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 157 | 22.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 148 | 24.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 125 | 23.9 | 11.512 h |
| August | 25.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 98 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 26.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 64 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 52 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 41 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 33 | 10.1 | 12.813 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
- Aracaju in FebruaryBrazil · 19 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Itabaiana in FebruaryBrazil · 44 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Lagarto in FebruaryBrazil · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Arapiraca in FebruaryBrazil · 152 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in FebruaryBrazil · 182 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Serrinha in FebruaryBrazil · 209 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in FebruaryBrazil · 210 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in FebruaryBrazil · 214 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 89 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 São Cristóvão) is explained once on the São Cristóvão year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.