Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, 10.1°C warmer than Cuenca, with 400 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Cuenca is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 183 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
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 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
- Eloy Alfaro in FebruaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Loja in FebruaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Tumbes in FebruaryPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 150 mm rain
- La Libertad in FebruaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Portoviejo in FebruaryEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Sullana in FebruaryPeru · 292 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in FebruaryEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 407 mm rain
- Piura in FebruaryPeru · 314 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 63 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 Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.