Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 407 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In February its highs average 20.0°C, 4.3°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 9 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 407 mm to 414 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 12.112 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
- Ibarra in FebruaryEcuador · 135 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in FebruaryEcuador · 145 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Portoviejo in FebruaryEcuador · 168 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Tulcán in FebruaryEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Ipiales in FebruaryColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in FebruaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Tumaco in FebruaryColombia · 231 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Pasto in FebruaryColombia · 267 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 184 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.