Climate averages 1991–2020

Teresina weather
in February.

A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 22.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 283 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Teresina · average highYear overview

February is a hot month in Teresina: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 283 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Caxias (67 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Teresina, with 274 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Teresina ranks joint 62nd of 448 for the warmest February highs and joint 415th of 448 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Teresina is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 283 mm to 328 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Teresina climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Teresina, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.0°C23.2°C23.2°C23522.512.412 h
February, selected 30.2°C22.9°C22.9°C28322.812.312 h
March 29.9°C22.9°C22.9°C32826.912.112 h
April 29.9°C23.0°C23.0°C26423.312.012 h
May 30.9°C23.1°C23.1°C12412.711.912 h
June 32.6°C23.2°C23.2°C162.911.812 h
July 33.5°C23.2°C23.2°C8.71.511.912 h
August 35.0°C23.5°C23.5°C2.10.511.912 h
September 36.5°C24.1°C24.1°C3.30.912.112 h
October 36.9°C24.5°C24.5°C152.012.212 h
November 35.6°C24.6°C24.6°C415.812.312 h
December 33.8°C24.2°C24.2°C9311.412.412 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

Distance from Teresina

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Teresina) is explained once on the Teresina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.