Climate averages 1991–2020

Salvaleón de Higüey weather
in February.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 23 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Salvaleón de Higüey: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Cana (32 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Salvaleón de Higüey, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Salvaleón de Higüey ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 27.8°C; Salvaleón de Higüey is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Salvaleón de Higüey climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Salvaleón de Higüey, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.0°C21.6°C	21.6°C	27	9.1	11.111 h
February, selected	27.4°C21.4°C	21.4°C	23	7.9	11.512 h
March	28.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	31	8.6	12.012 h
April	28.8°C22.2°C	22.2°C	49	12.1	12.613 h
May	29.3°C23.1°C	23.1°C	98	16.0	13.013 h
June	30.0°C24.1°C	24.1°C	66	14.0	13.213 h
July	30.2°C24.4°C	24.4°C	72	14.9	13.113 h
August	30.3°C24.5°C	24.5°C	88	17.0	12.813 h
September	30.2°C24.2°C	24.2°C	107	18.2	12.312 h
October	29.4°C23.7°C	23.7°C	107	20.3	11.712 h
November	28.1°C22.9°C	22.9°C	82	16.0	11.311 h
December	27.3°C22.3°C	22.3°C	37	11.6	11.011 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.

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February in nearby cities

Distance from Salvaleón de Higüey

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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 Salvaleón de Higüey) is explained once on the Salvaleón de Higüey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.