Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, 3.0°C cooler than Arauca, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 4th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; Arauca is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 55 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
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 11.712 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
- Socopó in FebruaryVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in FebruaryVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in FebruaryVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Táriba in FebruaryVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Rubio in FebruaryVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Cúcuta in FebruaryColombia · 213 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Guanare in FebruaryVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in FebruaryVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 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 Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.