Climate averages 1991–2020
San José weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in San José: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is David (247 km away). In February its highs average 32.5°C, 6.8°C warmer than San José, with 32 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 65 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
San José climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 104 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| February, selected | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 69 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 102 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 357 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 385 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 293 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 345 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 391 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 430 | 30.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 312 | 25.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 169 | 17.8 | 11.612 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
- David in FebruaryPanama · 247 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in FebruaryNicaragua · 302 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Masaya in FebruaryNicaragua · 316 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Managua in FebruaryNicaragua · 340 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Matagalpa in FebruaryNicaragua · 388 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in FebruaryNicaragua · 413 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Estelí in FebruaryNicaragua · 430 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Chinandega in FebruaryNicaragua · 447 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 2.1 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 San José) is explained once on the San José year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.