Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumaco weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Tumaco: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 330 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Esmeraldas (133 km away). In February its highs average 27.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tumaco, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Tumaco ranks joint 26th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 46th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; Tumaco is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 330 mm to 293 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
Tumaco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 461 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| February, selected | 27.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 330 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 293 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 379 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 404 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 288 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 248 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 210 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 269 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 199 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 313 | 25.6 | 12.012 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
- Esmeraldas in FebruaryEcuador · 133 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Tulcán in FebruaryEcuador · 162 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Ipiales in FebruaryColombia · 167 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Ibarra in FebruaryEcuador · 177 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Pasto in FebruaryColombia · 180 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in FebruaryEcuador · 231 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 407 mm rain
- Popayán in FebruaryColombia · 253 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 233 mm rain
- Pitalito in FebruaryColombia · 305 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 237 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 Tumaco) is explained once on the Tumaco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.