Climate averages 1991–2020

Santiago de los Caballeros weather
in February.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 34 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Santiago de los Caballeros: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is La Vega (31 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Santiago de los Caballeros, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in the Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros ranks joint 3rd of 14 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 27.8°C; Santiago de los Caballeros is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 48 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

Santiago de los Caballeros climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Santiago de los Caballeros, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.5°C19.1°C	19.1°C	37	7.6	11.111 h
February, selected	28.2°C19.2°C	19.2°C	34	7.0	11.511 h
March	29.1°C19.4°C	19.4°C	48	9.1	12.012 h
April	30.0°C20.5°C	20.5°C	72	12.4	12.613 h
May	30.8°C21.5°C	21.5°C	99	16.8	13.013 h
June	32.4°C22.5°C	22.5°C	49	11.1	13.313 h
July	32.7°C23.0°C	23.0°C	33	9.4	13.213 h
August	33.0°C23.1°C	23.1°C	52	10.8	12.813 h
September	32.5°C22.6°C	22.6°C	81	14.7	12.312 h
October	31.1°C22.0°C	22.0°C	81	15.1	11.712 h
November	28.8°C20.9°C	20.9°C	64	12.8	11.211 h
December	27.8°C19.7°C	19.7°C	37	7.8	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.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Santiago de los Caballeros

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 Santiago de los Caballeros) is explained once on the Santiago de los Caballeros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.